cocontraction

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noun

The simultaneous contraction of two muscles

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Meanings

nouncocontraction (plural cocontractions)

plural cocontractions

  1. The simultaneous contraction of two muscles

    For example, it is possible that children with dystonia tend to favor the cocontraction strategy while healthy children tend to reduce overall muscular drive.

    2015 October 9, “Perceived Cost and Intrinsic Motor Variability Modulate the Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From co- + contraction.

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Chicago

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