Differences in the coordination of agonist and antagonist muscle groups in below-knee amputee and able-bodied children during dynamic exercise

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 487-494

  Centomo, H ^a,b   Amarantini, D ^c   Martin, L ^d   Prince, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Marie Enfant Rehabilitation Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Below knee amputees; Children; Co contraction; Coordination; Modelization; Optimization; Stepping in place

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY WEIGHT; GROUPS BY AGE; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRESS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ATAXIA; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 42949135589     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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