Dependence of deltoid muscle activity upon initial angles of shoulder abduction prior to flexion

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 879-891

  Kawanishi, Masayuki ^b   Shimura, Kuniyoshi ^b   Yahagi, Susumu ^b   Kasai, Tatsuya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0033146603     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.3.879     Document Type: Article

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