Arm movements can increase leg muscle activity during submaximal recumbent stepping in neurologically intact individuals

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  De Kam, Digna ^a,b   Rijken, Hennie ^a   Manintveld, Toos ^a   Nienhuis, Bart ^a   Dietz, Volker ^c   Duysens, Jacques ^a,b,d  

^a SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Interlimb coupling; Muscle activity; Recumbent stepping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERLIMB COUPLING; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RECUMBENT STEPPING; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

INTERLIMB COUPLING; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; RECUMBENT STEPPING;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; POSTURE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84880047831     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00510.2012     Document Type: Article

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