Human walking along a curved path. II. Gait features and EMG patterns

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-205

  Courtine, Grégoire ^a,b   Schieppati, Marco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 0042167257     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02737.x     Document Type: Article

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