Locomotor adaptations and aftereffects to resistance during walking in individuals with spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 247-258

  Houldin, Adina ^a,b   Luttin, Kathryn ^a,b   Lam, Tania ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

EID: 79959950846     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00753.2010     Document Type: Article

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