Role of the unperturbed limb and arms in the reactive recovery response to an unexpected slip during locomotion

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1727-1737

  Marigold, Daniel S ^a   Bethune, Allison J ^a   Patla, Aftab E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 0037389211     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00683.2002     Document Type: Article

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