Prestretch potentiation of human skeletal muscle during ballistic movement

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 135-140

  BOSCO, CARMELO ^a   KOMI, PAAVO V ^a   ITO, AKIRA ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

muscle elasticity; Muscle mechanics; prestretch potentiation.; stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

BALLISM; HUMAN CELL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ELASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES;

EID: 0019514464     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: 1365201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1981.tb06716.x     Document Type: Article

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