Human gait as a step in evolution

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2589-2590

  Duysens, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL;

EID: 0036894210     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf261     Document Type: Editorial

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