Leg muscle activity during walking with assistive devices at varying levels of weight bearing

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1555-1560

  Clark, Brian C ^a   Manini, Todd M ^a   Ordway, Nathaniel R ^a,b   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Crutches; Disuse; Rehabilitation; Walkers; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING AID; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CRUTCHES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WALKERS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4544378684     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.011     Document Type: Article

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