Abnormal volitional hip torque phasing and hip impairments in gait post stroke

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1557-1568

  Hyngstrom, Allison S ^a   Onushko, Tanya ^b   Chua, Matthew ^b   Schmit, Brian D ^b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE SPASM; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARESIS; ROBOTICS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 77949822789     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00528.2009     Document Type: Article

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