Human lumbosacral spinal cord interprets loading during stepping

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 797-811

  Harkema, Susan J ^a   Hurley, Seanna L ^a   Patel, Uday K ^a   Requejo, Philip S ^a   Dobkin, Bruce H ^a   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRETCH RECEPTOR; TENDON; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031033514     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.2.797     Document Type: Article

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