Does walking speed influence the time pattern of muscle activation in normal children?

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 803-807

  Detrembleur, Christine ^b   Willems, Patrick ^c   Plaghki, Léon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b U Readaptation Tour Pasteur 5375   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; TIME; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0031434881     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07546.x     Document Type: Article

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