Dynamics of force and muscle stimulation in human vertical jumping

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 303-310

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a,b   Van Zandwijk, Jan Peter ^a  

^a Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Control; EMG; Ground reaction forces; Joint moments; Rise time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033047622     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199902000-00015     Document Type: Article

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