The effect of positioning, sex and leg dominance on the plantar and dorsal flexors strength at the ankle

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-241

  T'Jonck, L ^a   Lysens, R ^a,b   Witvrouw, E ^a   Hulens, M ^a   Delvaux, K ^a   Peers, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cybex; Dominance; Dorsal flexor; Plantar flexor; Position; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031428893     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-1997-6406     Document Type: Article

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