Muscle coordination in cycling: Effect of surface incline and posture

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 927-934

  Li, Li ^a,b   Caldwell, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscles; Coordination; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY POSTURE; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031661271     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.3.927     Document Type: Article

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