Muscle length and lengthening velocity in voluntary crouch gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 532-538

  van der Krogt, Marjolein M ^a,b   Doorenbosch, Caroline A M ^a,b   Harlaar, Jaap ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Research Institute MOVE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Crouch gait; Hamstrings; Psoas; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROUCH GAIT; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 34548670707     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.11.208     Document Type: Article

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