An electromyographic study of the hip muscles of transfemoral amputees in walking

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 119-128

  Jaegers, Sonja M H J ^a,c   Arendzen, J Hans ^b   De Jongh, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Academic Rehabilitation Centre Beatrixoord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 0029902176     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199607000-00020     Document Type: Article

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