Muscle co-activation patterns during walking in those with severe knee osteoarthritis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-80

  Hubley Kozey, Cheryl ^a   Deluzio, Kevin ^a   Dunbar, Michael ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co activation; Electromyographic patterns; Gait; Pattern recognition; Severe osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MUSCLE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SURGERY;

KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MUSCLE CO-ACTIVATION PATTERNS; NEUROMUSCULAR PATTERNS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WAVEFORM;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; WALKING;

EID: 37349085258     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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