A role for hip position in initiating the swing-to-stance transition in walking cats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3497-3508

  McVea, D A ^a   Donelan, J M ^a,b   Tachibana, A ^a,c   Pearson, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; CATS; GAIT; HIP JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 27144546724     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00511.2005     Document Type: Article

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