A comparison of muscle activity and heart rate response during backward and forward walking on an underwater treadmill

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Masumoto, Kenji ^a   Takasugi, Shin ichiro ^b   Hotta, Noboru ^c   Fujishima, Kazutaka ^c   Iwamoto, Yukihide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backward; EMG; Gait; HR; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNUM; TELEMETRY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 33845934792     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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