Contralateral movement and extensor force generation alter flexion phase muscle coordination in pedaling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3351-3365

  Ting, Lena H ^a,b,d   Kautz, Steven A ^a,c   Brown, David A ^a,c,e   Zajac, Felix E ^a,b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Neurological Sciences Institute   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 0034051306     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.83.6.3351     Document Type: Article

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