How does age affect leg muscle activity/coactivity during uphill and downhill walking?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 378-384

  Franz, Jason R ^a   Kram, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Cocontraction; Decline; Elderly; Electromyography; EMG; Incline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875375809     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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