Changes in muscle activation during gait of children with duchenne muscular dystrophy

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue , 2015, Pages 2042-2043

  Ropars, J ^a,b   Lempereur, M ^b   Vuillerot, C ^c,d   Tiffreau, V ^e   Peudenier, S ^a   Cuisset, J M ^e   Pereon, Y ^f,g   Leboeuf, F ^f   Delporte, L ^h   Delpierre, Y ⁱ   Gross, R ^f   Brochard, S ^a,b  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^h HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ Centre de l'Arche   (France)

Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Electromyography; Gait; Gait analysis; Muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; GAIT DEVIATION INDEX; GASTROCNEMIUS SOLEUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL HAMSTRING MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 84940506199     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2015.1069615     Document Type: Note

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