Neuromechanical adaptation to hopping with an elastic ankle-foot orthosis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Ferris, Daniel P ^a,b   Bohra, Zaineb A ^a   Lukos, Jamie R ^a   Kinnaird, Catherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Locomotion; Running; Spring mass model; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORQUE; ADAPTATION; ANKLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FOOT; GAIT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33644823014     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00821.2005     Document Type: Article

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