Neuromuscular strategies for the transitions between level and hill surfaces during walking

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1565-1579

  Gottschall, Jinger S ^a   Nichols, T Richard ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downhill; Gait; Locomotion; Proprioception; Uphill; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; MOBILITY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; SLOPE; WALKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79955405385     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0355     Document Type: Article

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