Locomotor changes in length and EMG activity of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle following paralysis of two synergists

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-692

  Maas, Huub ^a,b   Gregor, Robert J ^a,c   Hodson Tole, Emma F ^a,d   Farrell, Brad J ^a   English, Arthur W ^e   Prilutsky, Boris I ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; EMG; Locomotion; Muscle length; Muscle spindle; Nerve injury; Plasticity; Proprioceptive feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CAT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMECHANICS; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS;

EID: 77956209622     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2279-2     Document Type: Article

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