Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 360-365 , March 2010

Patterns of muscle coordination vary with stride frequency during weight assisted treadmill walking

  • Taryn Klarner

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Henry K. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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  • James M. Wakeling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 778 782 8444; fax: +1 778 782 3040.
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  • Tania Lam

      Affiliations

    • School of Human Kinetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Received 10 October 2009 ,Revised 20 November 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.01.001

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 360-365 , March 2010

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