Muscle activation of patients suffering from asymmetric ankle osteoarthritis during isometric contractions and level walking - A time-frequency analysis

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 939-946

  Nüesch, Corina ^a,b   Huber, Cora ^b,c   Pagenstert, Geert ^a,b   von Tscharner, Vinzenz ^d   Valderrabano, Victor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle osteoarthritis; Electromyography; Entropy; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; WALKING;

EID: 84868212552     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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