Motor control and kinetics during low level concentric and eccentric contractions in man

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 453-460

  Sogaard K ^a   Christensen, H ^a   Jensen, B R ^a   Finsen, L ^a   Sjogaard G ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dynamic exercise; Motor unit; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0030273374     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95629-5     Document Type: Article

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