Mechanics of slope walking in the cat: Quantification of muscle load, length change, and ankle extensor EMG patterns

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1397-1409

  Gregor, Robert J ^a   Smith, D Webb ^a   Prilutsky, Boris I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HINDLIMB; HIP; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; GAIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33645967783     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01300.2004     Document Type: Article

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