Full weight-bearing hindlimb standing following stand training in the adult spinal cat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-91

  De Leon, R D ^a   Hodgson, J A ^a   Roy, R R ^a   Edgerton, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANIMAL; STANDING; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031813917     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.1.83     Document Type: Article

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