The initiation of the swing phase in human infant stepping: Importance of hip position and leg loading

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 528, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 389-404

  Pang, Marco Y C ^a   Yang, Jaynie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL NERVE; STANDING; TREADMILL; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; DECEREBRATION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LOADING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 0033754883     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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