Muscle activities used by young and old adults when stepping to regain balance during a forward fall

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 93-101

  Thelen, D G ^a,b   Muriuki, M ^a   James, J ^a   Schultz, A B ^b,c   Ashton Miller, J A ^b,c   Alexander, N B ^c  

^a HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Balance recovery; EMG; Falls; Muscles; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FALLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0033973929     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(99)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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