Muscle afferent feedback during human walking

Motor Neurobiology of the Spinal Cord

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 215-230

  Sinkjær, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Jens B ^b   Voigt, Michael ^a   Ladouceur, Michel ^a   Grey, Michael ^a   Andersen, Jacob B ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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