Abnormal muscle activation during gait in diabetes patients with and without neuropathy

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-105

  Sawacha, Zimi ^a   Spolaor, Fabiola ^a   Guarneri, Gabriella ^b   Contessa, Paola ^a   Carraro, Elena ^a   Venturin, Andrea ^a   Avogaro, Angelo ^b   Cobelli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes complications; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic neuropathies; Electromyography; Lower extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; GASTROCNEMIUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPATHY; PARAMETERS; PERONEUS LONGUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRIDE LENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84855917153     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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