Limited interlimb transfer of locomotor adaptations to a velocity-dependent force field during unipedal walking

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 943-952

  Houldin, Adina ^a,b   Chua, Romeo ^a,b   Carpenter, Mark G ^a,b   Lam, Tania ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aftereffects; Generalization; Locomotion; Lokomat

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865622997     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00670.2011     Document Type: Article

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