Activation linearity and parallelism of the superficial quadriceps across the isometric intensity spectrum

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 393-398

  Pincivero, Danny M ^a   Coelho, Alan J ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Rectus femoris; Vastus; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0034004773     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200003)23:3<393::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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