The effect of three levels of foot orthotic wedging on the surface electromyographic activity of selected lower limb muscles during gait

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1074-1080

  Murley, George S ^a   Bird, Adam R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Foot orthoses; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; ORTHOTICS;

FOOT ORTHOSES; HABITUATION; LIMB MUSCLES; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; ORTHOTIC WEDGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS LONGUS; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750626977     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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