Five basic muscle activation patterns account for muscle activity during human locomotion

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 556, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 267-282

  Ivanenko, Y P ^a   Poppele, R E ^b   Lacquaniti, F ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; WAVEFORM; AGED; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1942421758     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.057174     Document Type: Article

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