Gluteus minimus: An intramuscular EMG investigation of anterior and posterior segments during gait

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 822-826

  Semciw, Adam I ^a   Green, Rodney A ^a   Murley, George S ^a   Pizzari, Tania ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buttocks; Electromyography; Gait; Gluteus minimus; Hip

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MINIMUS; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STANDING; STUDENT T TEST; WALKING;

BUTTOCKS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GLUTEUS MINIMUS; HIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BUTTOCKS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892806897     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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