Importance of preswing rectus femoris activity in stiff-knee gait

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2362-2369

  Reinbolt, Jeffrey A ^a   Fox, Melanie D ^a   Arnold, Allison S ^a   Õunpuu, Sylvia ^b   Delp, Scott L ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Dynamic simulation; Knee flexion; Muscle function; Stiff knee gait

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; SURGERY;

BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS; DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE MOTION; PAIRED T TEST; RECTUS FEMORIS;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE;

EID: 48349143489     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.05.030     Document Type: Article

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