Early changes in muscle activation patterns of toddlers during walking

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-188

  Chang, Chia Lin ^a   Kubo, Masayoshi ^a   Buzzi, Ugo ^a   Ulrich, Beverly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivation; EMG; Kinematic; Motor development; Toddler; Variability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY SIZE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARENTS; WALKING;

EID: 33144486677     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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