Influence of hamstring lengthening on muscle activation timing

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-53

  Buurke, J H ^a,b   Hermens, H J ^a   Roetenberg, D ^c   Harlaar, J ^d,e   Rosenbaum, D ^f   Kleissen, R F M ^a  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Roessingh Rehabilitation Centre   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Hamstring lengthening; Muscle coordination; sEMG; Soft tissue surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VISION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 2942564332     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(03)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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