Kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activation during explosive upper body movements

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-43

  Newton, Robert U ^a   Kraemer, William J ^b   Häkkinen, Keijo ^c   Humphries, Brendan J ^a   Murphy, Aron J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030044240     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.12.1.31     Document Type: Article

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