Extent of muscle inhibition as a function of knee angle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Suter, E ^a   Herzog, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Interpolated twitch technique; Knee extensors; Muscle lengths; Twitch potentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030795852     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(96)00028-4     Document Type: Article

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