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Stiff limbs

Known as: EXTREMITY STIFFNESS, stiff limb, limbs stiffness 
National Institutes of Health

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2019
2019
Clinical Predictors of Dynamic Lower Extremity Stiffness During Running
• BACKGROUND: Lower extremity stiffness describes the relative loading and kinematics of the entire lower extremity during ground… 
2017
2017
Neural mechanisms of single corrective steps evoked in the standing rabbit
2015
2015
Index of mechanical efficiency in competitive and recreational long distance runners
Abstract The purpose of this investigation was to compare external work and net energy expenditure during a bout of repetitive… 
2015
2015
The impact of data reduction on the intra-trial reliability of a typical measure of lower limb musculoskeletal stiffness
Abstract Double-leg repeated jumping tasks are commonly used as measures of lower limb stiffness in exercise science research… 
2012
2012
Intraoperative Applications of OCT in Ophthalmic Surgery
Results Intraoperative OCT is a useful imaging technology for the anterior and posterior segment of the eye. With intraoperative… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Altered movement strategy increases lower extremity stiffness during stepping down in the aged.
One way the human neuromuscular system negotiates locomotory challenges is by stiffening the muscles and joints of a limb… 
1995
1995
Arms are different from legs: mechanics and energetics of human hand-running.
To determine whether nonlocomotor limbs (arms) differ from locomotor limbs (legs), we trained human subjects to run on their… 
1994
1994
Late electromyographic activity following stretch in human forearm muscles: physiological role
1988
1988
Peripheral regulation of stiffness during arm movements by coactivation of the antagonist muscles
1979
1979
Control of stiffness by the medium latency electromyographic response to limb perturbation.
It is hypothesized that the medium latency electromyographic (EMG) response (ML) to limb perturbation functions to preset limb… 
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