Loading during the stance phase of walking in humans increases the extensor EMG amplitude but does not change the duration of the step cycle

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-370

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human; Load; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TREADMILL; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033043471     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050633     Document Type: Article

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