Walking while resisting a perturbation: Effects on ankle dorsiflexor activation during swing and potential for rehabilitation

Gait and Posture

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 358-363

  Blanchette, Andreanne ^a,b   Lambert, Sebastien ^b   Richards, Carol L ^a,b,c   Bouyer, Laurent J ^a,b,c  

^a Multidisciplinary Team in Locomotor Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle dorsiflexor muscles; Electromyography; Human locomotion; Motor control; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE DORSIFLEXOR MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; LOWER LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 80052403920     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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