Unique characteristics of motor adaptation during walking in young children

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2195-2203

  Musselman, Kristin E ^a   Patrick, Susan K ^a   Vasudevan, Erin V L ^b   Bastian, Amy J ^c   Yang, Jaynie F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human; Locomotion; Motor learning; Split belt locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INFANT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 79956289179     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01002.2010     Document Type: Article

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