The influences of muscle fibre proportions and areas upon EMG during maximal dynamic knee extensions

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 2-10

  Gerdle, Björn ^a,b   Karlsson, Stefan ^c   Crenshaw, Albert G ^d   Elert, Jessica ^a   Fridén, Jan ^e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Dynamic; EMG; Enzyme histochemistry; Knee extensors; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0033989825     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013792     Document Type: Article

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