Contribution of passive stiffness to ankle plantarflexor moment during gait after stroke

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-358

  Lamontagne, Anouk ^a   Malouin, Francine ^b   Richards, Carol L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ankle; Gait; Stiffness; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOTATIC REFLEX; STROKE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0034014870     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.0810351     Document Type: Article

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