Altered activation pattern in synergistic ankle plantarflexor muscles in a reduced-gravity environment

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-99

  Miyoshi, Tasuku ^a,b,c   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^c   Tanizaki, Masashi ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^d   Akai, Masami ^c  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Foundation for Aging and Health   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^d NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissociated activation pattern; Synergistic ankle plantarflexor muscles; Walking in water

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE PLANTAR FLEXOR MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMERSION; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; HYPOGRAVITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 33745484518     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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