Force depression in human quadriceps femoris following voluntary shortening contractions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1651-1655

  Lee, Hae Dong ^a   Suter, Esther ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; In vivo; Interpolated twitch technique; Skeletal muscle property

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032755953     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.5.1651     Document Type: Article

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