Effect of increases in plantarflexor and hip flexor muscle strength on the levels of effort during gait in individuals with hemiparesis

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-423

  Milot, Marie Hélène ^a   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a   Gravel, Denis ^a   Bourbonnais, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Level of effort; Sense of effort; Strength; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GAIT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GAIT SPEED; HEMIPARETIC PARTICIPANTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; AREA UNDER CURVE; EXERTION; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PARESIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 41549089680     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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