Experimental study of the influence of the m. tibialis anterior on the walk-to-run transition by means of a powered ankle-foot exoskeleton

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-10

  Malcolm, P ^a   Segers, V ^a   Van Caekenberghe, I ^a   De Clercq, D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bio robotics; Gait transition; Locomotion; Powered exoskeleton; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RUNNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALKING;

EID: 57649197937     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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