Plantar feedback contributes to the regulation of leg stiffness

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 952-958

  Fiolkowski, Paul ^a   Bishop, Mark ^b   Brunt, Denis ^c   Williams, Blaise ^c  

^a Gemini Research Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; Peripheral sensory; Spring; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIPED LOCOMOTION; STIFFNESS;

FOOT; LEG STIFFNESS; LIDOCAINE; PERIPHERAL SENSORY; SPRING;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRESSURE SENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE BLOCK; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 25444488229     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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