Two functional muscle groupings during postural equilibrium tasks in standing cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2402-2411

  Jacobs, Ron ^a,b   Macpherson, Jane M ^a,c  

^a RS Dow Neurological Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c R S Dow NSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FORCE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STANDING; TORQUE;

EID: 0029967048     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2402     Document Type: Article

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