The Forces Generated by Agonist Muscles during Isometric Contractions Arise from Motor Unit Synergies

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¹Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
²Department of Bioengineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, CEP 50670-901 Recife, Brazil
³Division of Functional Neurosurgery and Stereotaxy, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91052 Erlangen, Germany
⁴Department Human Movement Science, University of Rome Foro Italico, 00185 Rome, Italy
⁵Le Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé, Université Côte d'Azur, 06103 Nice, France
⁶Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
⁷Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado CO 80309

Author contributions: A.D., C.M.-G, T.M.K., F.H., B.E., D.F., and R.M.E. designed research; A.D., C.M.-G., T.M.K., S.N., F.H., B.E., D.F., and R.M.E. performed research; A.D., C.M.-G., and R.M.E. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; A.D., C.M.-G., T.M.K., S.N., and F.H. analyzed data; and A.D., T.M.K., and D.F. wrote the paper.

↵*D.F. and R.M.E. share senior authorship.
D.F. was supported by the European Research Council under Synergy Natural BionicS Grant 810346 and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Transformative Healthcare for 2050 Project Non-Invasive Single Neuron Electrical Monitoring Technology Grant EP/T020970/1.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Correspondence should be addressed to Alessandro Del Vecchio at alessandro.del.vecchio{at}fau.de or Dario Farina at d.farina{at}imperial.ac.uk or Roger M. Enoka at enoka{at}colorado.edu