Mechanomyographic responses to maximal eccentric isokinetic muscle actions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1003-1007

  Smith, Douglas B ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^b   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Evetovich, Tammy K ^a   Ebersole, Kyle T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eccentric muscle action; mechanomyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030900998     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.3.1003     Document Type: Article

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