Correspondence between the directional patterns of hip muscle activation and their mechanical action in man

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Dubois, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Herrman, Uta ^b   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a,b   Smith, Allan M ^a   Gravel, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Motor control; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; TORQUE;

EID: 0030844657     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(96)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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