Vibration elicits involuntary, step-like behavior in individuals with spinal cord injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 861-869

  Field Fote, Edelle ^a   Ness, Lanitia L ^a   Ionno, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

air stepping; central pattern generator; locomotion; spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; TRAINING; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866308256     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311433603     Document Type: Article

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