Features of hand-foot crawling behavior in human adults

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-125

  MacLellan, M J ^a   Ivanenko, Y P ^a   Cappellini, G ^a   Labini, F Sylos ^a   Lacquaniti, F ^a,b,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b Center of Space Bio medicine   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arm leg coordination; Electromyographic activity; Quadrupedal locomotion; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND FOOT CRAWLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRUPED GAIT; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HAND; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84255192904     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00693.2011     Document Type: Article

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