Usa transient disturbances to one limb produce coordinated, bilateral responses during infant stepping

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2329-2337

  Yang, Jaynie F ^a   Stephens, Marilee J ^a   Vishram, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LIMB MOVEMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031596941     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2329     Document Type: Article

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