Tuning of a Basic Coordination Pattern Constructs Straight-Ahead and Curved Walking in Humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1524-1535

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; COORDINATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LOWER LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; VISION; WALKING;

EID: 1542406043     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00817.2003     Document Type: Article

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