ABSTRACT
Human movement is the result of complex interactions between environmental factors and the nervous, muscular and skeletal systems. Brain cell activities within the cerebral cortex are converted by supraspinal centre programming into neural outputs (central commands) that stimulate the muscular system to produce the required movement (Cheney, 1985; Brooks, 1986). In this chapter, specific aspects of the structure and function of the muscular system are considered as part of the process for producing movement. Knowledge of basic physiological and anatomical principles is assumed.
