Similar muscles contribute to horizontal and vertical acceleration of center of mass in forward and backward walking: Implications for neural control

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3385-3396

  Jansen, Karen ^a   De Groote, Friedl ^b   Massaad, Firas ^a   Meyns, Pieter ^a   Duysens, Jacques ^a,c   Jonkers, Ilse ^a  

^a KU Leuven   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Department of Research Development and Education ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Forward dynamic simulation; Gait control; Human locomotion; Induced acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKWARD WALKING; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORWARD WALKING; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862513711     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01156.2011     Document Type: Article

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