Treadmill walking in incomplete spinal-cord-injured subjects: 1. Adaptation to changes in speed

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 257-270

  Pepin A ^a   Norman, K E ^b   Barbeau, H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Jewish Rehab Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Speed; Spinal cord injury; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0037987898     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101452     Document Type: Article

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