Electrical stimulation of the rectus femoris during pre-swing diminishes hip and knee flexion during the swing phase of normal gait

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-530

  Hernández, Antonio ^a   Lenz, Amy L ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; dynamic muscle function; electrical stimulation; musculoskeletal modeling; rectus femoris (RF); stiff knee gait

Indexed keywords

BIARTICULAR MUSCLES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELING; RECTUS FEMORIS; STIFF-KNEE GAIT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WALKING;

EID: 77957903158     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2052471     Document Type: Article

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