Hip flexor fatigue limits walking in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-111

  Ramdharry, Gita M ^a   Day, Brian L ^b   Reilly, Mary M ^c   Marsden, Jonathan F ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Compensation; Fatigue; Gait; Hip flexor; Plantar flexor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GRAMICIDIN; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650261642     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21264     Document Type: Article

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