Trunk muscle activation patterns during walking at different speeds

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-252

  Anders, Christoph ^a   Wagner, Heiko ^a   Puta, Christian ^a   Grassme, Roland ^a,b   Petrovitch, Alexander ^a   Scholle, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Prevention Department   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait analysis; Human; Male

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; WALKING;

EID: 33846817123     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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