Influence of walking speed on lower limb muscle activity and energy consumption during treadmill walking of hemiparetic patients Stefan Hesse, MD, Cordula Werner, MA, Tina Paul, MD, Anita Bardeleben, MA, Joaquim Chaler, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 82, Issue 11, Pages 1547-1550 (November 2001) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.26607 Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Raw and averaged and normalized activity of the affected gastrocnemius, vastus lateralis, and gluteus medius muscles of a right hemiparetic patient walking at slow, self-adopted, and fast speed. Note the earlier and thus more timely onset of muscle activation when the subject walked faster. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 1547-1550DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.26607) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Scatter plot shows dependence of walking speed (v) on the WEC. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 1547-1550DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.26607) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions