Muscle activity reduces soft-tissue resonance at heel-strike during walking

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1761-1769

  Wakeling, James M ^a   Liphardt, Anna Maria ^a,b   Nigg, Benno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Joint loading; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; MUSCLE;

MUSCLE ACTIVITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEEL; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; SHOE; SOFT TISSUE; VIBRATION; WALKING;

EID: 0242438681     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00216-1     Document Type: Article

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