Speed-related spinal excitation from ankle dorsiflexors to knee extensors during human walking

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Iglesias, Caroline ^a,b   Nielsen, Jens Bo ^c   Marchand Pauvert, Véronique ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Muscle spindle afferents; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Treadmill locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE DORSIFLEXOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE EXTENSOR; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 44849131739     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1344-6     Document Type: Article

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