8.1. NEUROMUSCULAR COORDINATION
LECTURE
Neuromuscular coordination (either neuromuscular assembly) is the ability of muscle groups to function in a controlled and harmonious way with one another to produce, under various conditions, efficient movements of high quality, based on specific motor patterns. Neuromuscular coordination is divided into intramuscular coordination and intermuscular coordination.
- Intramuscular coordination is the ability of the individual to activate the highest percentage of available kinetic units, as well as the ability to have the kinetic units of a muscle calibrated to achieve the best desired result.
- Intermuscular coordination is the ability to work effectively with the muscles or muscle groups involved in a movement as agonists and competitors to achieve the best possible results. Intermuscular coordination depends on the quality of cooperation between the muscles that make the movement (agonists) and their antagonists (the muscles responsible for the opposite movement). The more complex the movement, the more important is the intermuscular coordination.