Effectiveness of a tongue-placed electrotactile biofeedback to improve ankle force sense following plantar-flexor muscles fatigue

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 556-559

  Vuillerme, Nicolas ^a   Boisgontier, Matthieu ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

Ankle; Biofeedback; Force sense; Muscle fatigue; Proprioception; Tongue display unit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE; VOLUNTEER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRESSURE; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349230766     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.07.124     Document Type: Article

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