Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 285-289 , July 2010

Normative EMG activation patterns of school-age children during gait

  • V. Agostini

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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  • A. Nascimbeni

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Unit, S. Croce Hospital, A.S.L. TO5, Moncalieri (TO), Italy
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  • A. Gaffuri

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Unit, S. Croce Hospital, A.S.L. TO5, Moncalieri (TO), Italy
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  • P. Imazio

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Unit, S. Croce Hospital, A.S.L. TO5, Moncalieri (TO), Italy
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  • M.G. Benedetti

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Analisi del Movimento, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Università di Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • M. Knaflitz

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

Received 30 April 2010 ,Accepted 3 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.06.024

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 285-289 , July 2010

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