Recruitment of gastrocnemius muscles during the swing phase of stepping following partial denervation of knee flexor muscles in the cat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-460

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor patterns; Muscle synergies; Nerve injury; Spinal cord; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HYPOTHESIS; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE; TREADMILL;

ANIMALS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 33644617570     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-005-0160-5     Document Type: Article

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