Soleus H-reflex phase-dependent modulation is preserved during stepping within a robotic exoskeleton

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1396-1404

  Knikou, Maria ^a,b,c   Hajela, Nupur ^a,b   Mummidisetty, Chaithanya K ^a   Xiao, Ming ^a,b   Smith, Andrew C ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

H reflex modulation; Human walking; Lokomat; Robotic gait; Spinal circuits; Stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957588061     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.12.044     Document Type: Article

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