Effects of treadmill walking speed on lateral gastrocnemius muscle firing

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 507-514

  Clancy, Edward A ^a   Cairns, Kevin D ^b   Riley, Patrick O ^c   Meister, Melvin ^b   Kerrigan, D Casey ^c  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait; Gastrocnemius; Plantar Flexors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CALCANEUS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; STROKE; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WALKING;

EID: 3042535835     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000130033.91894.5A     Document Type: Article

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