Effects of repeated walking in a perturbing environment: A 4-day locomotor learning study

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 275-284

  Blanchette, Andreanne ^a   Moffet, Helene ^a,b   Roy, Jean Sébastien ^a,b   Bouyer, Laurent J ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Electromyographic activity; Locomotion; Movement error

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863314258     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01098.2011     Document Type: Article

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