Does a single control mechanism exist for both forward and backward walking?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-224

  Van Deursen, Robert W M ^a   Flynn, Timothy W ^b   McCrory, Jean L ^c   Morag, Erez ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Central patter generators; Forward and backward walking; Gait control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATTERN GENERATOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0032079052     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(98)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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