Muscle activation differences between eccentric and concentric isokinetic exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1616-1623

  Kellis, Eleftherios ^a   Baltzopoulos, Vasilios ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coactivation; Electromyography; Isokinetic; Knee; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0031797852     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199811000-00010     Document Type: Article

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