Muscle contributions to propulsion and braking during walking and running: Insight from external force perturbations

Gait and Posture

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 594-599

  Ellis, Richard G ^a,b   Sumner, Bonnie J ^b,c   Kram, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Braking; Electromyography; Gait; Human locomotion; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; ACCELERATION; EXERCISE TEST; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 84921946901     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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