The effects of grade and speed on leg muscle activations during walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Franz, Jason R ^a   Kram, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Downhill; Electromyography; EMG; Muscle activity; Uphill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 84855962656     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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