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When healthy women walk faster and carry extra weight at the same time, their hips and knees work harder in a predictable way, but their ankles react in a more complicated, less predictable way — suggesting the brain and spinal cord control these joints differently when both challenges are combined.
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Generation and modification of human locomotor EMG activity when walking faster and carrying additional weight
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2025 SepThe study looked at what happens when people walk faster and carry weight, and found that leg muscles at the hip and knee work harder in a predictable way, but the ankle muscles do not, suggesting the brain and spinal cord control these areas differently.
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