Muscle reflexes and synergies triggered by an unexpected support surface height during walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 3639-3650

  Van Der Linden, Marleen H ^a   Marigold, Daniel S ^b   Gabreëls, Fons J M ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT; HIP; INNERVATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOOT; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE; REFLEX; WALKING;

EID: 34447296752     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01272.2006     Document Type: Article

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