Trial reportGait & posture2017
Functional implications of muscle co-contraction during gait in advanced age.
Trial report in Gait & posture, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review Exploring the Theories Underlying the Improvement of Balance and Reduction in Falls Following Dual-Task Training among Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Walking as a Window to the Brain: Redefining Gait in Neurology.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- How muscle ageing affects rapid goal-directed movement: mechanistic insights from a simple model.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Recognizing the feature of knee hyperextension in stroke patients based on transformer-long-short-term memory model.Biomedical engineering online · 2026Article
- Anticipatory prediction of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit transitions: a unified approach.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- A comparative analysis of co-contraction indices using synthetic EMG data: Implications for selection and interpretation.PloS one · 2026Article
- Age differences in electrocortical dynamics during uneven terrain walking.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Aging-related changes in neuromuscular control strategies and their influence on postural stability.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Lower-Extremity Co-Contraction and Jerk During Gait.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Differences in lower limb co-contraction calculations vary clinical interpretation of aquatic treadmill walking in typically developing and children with cerebral palsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Age differences in electrocortical dynamics during uneven terrain walking.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- An assessment of co-contraction in reinnervated muscle.Regenerative medicine · 2024Article
- The correlation of gait and muscle activation characteristics with locomotion dysfunction grade in elderly individuals.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Influence of Concurrent Exercise Training on Ankle Muscle Activation during Static and Proactive Postural Control on Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity: A Multicenter, Randomized, and Controlled Trial.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- Muscular and Prefrontal Cortex Activity during Dual-Task Performing in Young Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2023Article
- A diagnostic model of nerve root compression localization in lower lumbar disc herniation based on random forest algorithm and surface electromyography.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Increased co-contraction reaction during a surface perturbation is associated with unsuccessful postural control among older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Muscular and cortical activation during dynamic and static balance in the elderly: A scoping review.Aging brain · 2021Article
- Effects of Attentional Control on Gait and Inter-Joint Coordination During Dual-Task Walking.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Older adults often exhibit high levels of lower extremity muscle co-contraction, which may be the cause or effect of age-related impairments in gait and associated falls. Normal gait requires intact executive function and thus can be slowed by challenging executive resources available to the neuromuscular system through the performance of a dual task. We therefore investigated associations between lower limb co-contraction and gait characteristics under normal and dual task conditions in healthy older adults (85.4±5.9years). We hypothesized that greater co-contraction is associated with slower gait speed during dual task conditions that stress executive and attentional abilities. Co-contraction was quantified during different phases of the gait cycle using surface electromyography (EMG) signals obtained from the anterior tibialis and lateral gastrocnemius while walking at preferred speed during normal and dual task conditions. Variables included the time difference to complete the Trail Making Test A and B (ΔTMT) and gait measures during normal or dual task walking. Higher co-contraction levels during the swing phase of both normal and dual task walking were associated with longer ΔTMT (normal: R
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