Soft Computing Techniques for Evaluation and Control of Human Performance

The mystical beauty of our nervous system’s ability to explore and learn new motor behavior is nicely demonstrated by how newborns and toddlers develop new motor skills. Through extensive periods of “oops” and “wow” learning, the nervous system has learned to control the sensitivities of how different muscles work together in affecting movement at various joints. This learning process starts before birth and continues throughout life. Unfortunately, impairment of the neuromuscular system, whether from injury or disease, may result in a disability of motor performance. Therefore, studying neuromuscular control is eminently important, not only from a scientific point of view to gain better insight into the mysteries of how the nervous system learns and controls movements, but also in studying restoration of movement after injury or disease.

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