Relationships between torque, velocity and power output during plantarflexion in healthy subjects

Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Gravel, Denis ^a,b   Arsenault, A Bertrand ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

modes of testing; muscular parameters; plantarflexors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0030929594     PISSN: 00365505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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