Are stance ankle plantar flexor muscles necessary to generate propulsive force during human gait initiation?

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-143

  Michel, V ^a   Do, M C ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Ankle plantar flexors; Gait initiation; Progression velocity; Propulsive force; Push

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACCELERATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AMPUTEES; ANKLE; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0037036185     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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