Motor patterns for human gait: Backward versus forward locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1868-1885

  Grasso, R ^a,b   Bianchi, L ^a   Lacquaniti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; GAIT; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0031795953     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1868     Document Type: Article

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