Obstacle avoidance during human walking: H-reflex modulation during motor learning

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 82-89

  Hess, F ^a   Van Hedel, H J A ^a,b   Dietz, V ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptational effects; H reflex; Motor control; Motor learning; Obstacle avoidance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VISION; WALKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 0038346812     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1415-7     Document Type: Article

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