Healthy humans use sex-specific co-ordination patterns of trunk muscles during gait

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-594

  Anders, Christoph ^a   Wagner, H ^b   Puta, C ^a   Grassme, R ^a,c   Scholle, H C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Aussenstelle Erfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait analysis; Muscle co ordination; Sex differences; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 59449086652     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0938-9     Document Type: Article

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