Adaptive control for backward quadrupedal walking: V. Mutable activation of bifunctional thigh muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 832-842

  Pratt, Carol A ^c   Buford, John A ^a   Smith, Judith L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; HIP; KNEE; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STANDING; THIGH; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; POSTURE; THIGH; WALKING;

EID: 0029963276     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.2.832     Document Type: Article

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