Coordinated Interlimb Compensatory Responses to Electrical Stimulation of Cutaneous Nerves in the Hand and Foot during Walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2850-2861

  Haridas, Carlos ^a   Zehr, E Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; PERONEAL NERVE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RADIAL NERVE; WALKING;

EID: 0242425702     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00531.2003     Document Type: Article

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