Relationship between isokinetic concentric and eccentric contraction modes in the knee flexor and extensor muscle groups

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Wu, Yi ^a   Li, Raymond Che Tin ^b,c   Maffulli, Nicola ^c,d   Chan, Kai Ming ^c   Chan, Julie L C ^e  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hong Kong Sports Institute   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Concentric; Dynamic muscle strength testing; Eccentric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031438787     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1997.26.3.143     Document Type: Article

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