Wired muscle: generating faster kinesthetic reaction by inter-personally connecting muscles

Author

Nishida, Jun and Kasahara, Shunichi and Suzuki, Kenji

Abstract

Instantaneously generating own body movements in response to the movement of others, such as establishing defensive posture in sports and learning kick-out timing from therapists in gait rehabilitation, is an essential aspect of interpersonal exercises and contact sports. However, ignition of movement based on a visual stimulus requires approximately 250 milliseconds (ms), which is too late for certain interpersonal physical interactions that require immediate reaction. Thus, we introduce