Agonist and antagonist moment and EMG-angle relationship during isokinetic eccentric and concentric exercise

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-87

  Kellis, Eleftherios ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coactivation; EMG; Isokinetics; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030454539     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-1996-6202     Document Type: Article

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