The effect of leg flexion angle on the mechanomyographic responses to isometric muscle actions

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-269

  Ebersole, Kyle T ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Evetovich, Tammy K ^a   Smith, Douglas B ^a   Perry, Sharon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric muscle actions; Mechanomyography; Rectus femoris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; LEG; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; TORQUE;

EID: 0031821837     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050418     Document Type: Article

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