The effect of a sensory perturbation on step direction or length while crossing an obstacle from quiet stance

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-4

  Kim, Hyeong Dong ^a   Brunt, Denis ^b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Gait initiation; Ground reaction forces; Sensory perturbation; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROBABILITY; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349087687     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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