Mechanically induced stumbling during human treadmill walking

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Schillings, A M ^a,b   Van Wezel, B M H ^a   Duysens, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMG; Human walking; Kinesiology; Mechanical perturbation; Stumble response; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 0030200955     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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