Early activation of arm and leg muscles following pulls to the waist during walking

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 318-329

  Misiaszek, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Dynamic equilibrium; Gait; Human; Interlimb coordination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY REGIONS; ELBOW; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHOULDER; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WAIST; WALKING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 0042166168     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1501-x     Document Type: Article

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