Co-contraction around the knee and the ankle joints during post-stroke gait.

Hiba Souissi (1) , Raphael Zory (2) , Jonathan Bredin (3) , Nicolas Roche (4) , Pauline Gerus (1)

1 LAMHESS - Laboratoire Motricité Humaine Expertise Sport Santé
2 LPE - Laboratoire de Physiologie de l'Exercice
3 IEM Rossetti
4 M2P2 - Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres

Impairments resulting from hemiparetic stroke lead to persistent difficulties with walking. Abnormal co-contraction patterns of lower limb muscles might be a compensatory mechanism to deal with its resulting gait impairments.

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Hiba Souissi, Raphael Zory, Jonathan Bredin, Nicolas Roche, Pauline Gerus. Co-contraction around the knee and the ankle joints during post-stroke gait.. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018, 54 (3), pp.380-387. ⟨10.23736/S1973-9087.17.04722-0⟩. ⟨hal-02506559⟩