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Skillful motor control by humans is achieved by the appropriate motor commands generating from the central nervous system. An internal model in the cerebellum may contribute to the realization of accurate motor control. In this work, a model of human motor control of manual tracking to move a visible target was constructed based on experimental data from a visual tracking test with normal healthy adults and with patients with cerebellar ataxia. A compensation method to improve the motor function of patients was also developed by using the model.
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Sugi, T., Nakamura, M., Ide, J. et al. Modeling of motor control on manual tracking for developing a handmovement-compensation technique. Artif Life Robotics 7, 112–117 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481158
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481158