Torque, work and EMG development in a heel-rise test

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 344-350

  Osterberg U ^a   Svantesson, Ulla ^a,b   Takahashi, H ^a   Grimby, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Rehabilitation Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calf muscle; Fatigue; Mean power frequency; Root mean square

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

HEEL RISE TEST; MEAN POWER FREQUENCY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS);

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0032104472     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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