Muscular timing and inter-muscular coordination in healthy females while walking

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Huber, Cora ^a   Nüesch, Corina ^b   Göpfert, Beat ^a   Cattin, Philippe C ^b   von Tscharner, Vinzenz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Gait; Rhythmicity; Thigh muscles; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 80052325858     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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