Asymmetric leg activity in healthy subjects during walking, detected by electrogoniometry

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 403-411

  Maupas, E ^a   Paysant, J ^a   Martinet, N ^a   André, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Electrogoniometer; Handedness; Spinal; Stepping generator; Walking

Indexed keywords

GONIOMETERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STRAIN GAGES;

ELECTROGONIOMETER;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING;

EID: 0032921987     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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