Running on uneven ground: Leg adjustments by muscle pre-activation control

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-310

  Müller, Roy ^a   Grimmer, Sten ^a   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle properties; Biomechanics; Gastrocnemius; Human locomotion; Joint stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; STANDING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950339944     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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