Let your feet do the walking: Constraints on the stability of bipedal coordination

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 407-412

  Riek, S ^a   Carson, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bipedal; Coordination; Gait; Human; Lower limb; Rhythmic movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; WALKING;

EID: 0034943922     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000560     Document Type: Article

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