Muscle activation profiles about the knee during Tai-Chi stepping movement compared to the normal gait step

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-380

  Tseng, Shih Chiao ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Finley, Margaret ^a,b   McQuade, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Knee; Muscle activation; Tai Chi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q ANGLE; STUDENT T TEST; TAI CHI; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAI JI; WALKING;

EID: 34047105174     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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