The complementary role of the plantarflexors, hamstrings and gluteus maximus in the control of stance limb stability during gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-272

  Jonkers, Ilse ^a   Stewart, Caroline ^b   Spaepen, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ORLAU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forward simulation; Gait; Kinesiology; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; LEG MUSCLE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

EID: 0037950446     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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