Isotonic dynamometry for the assessment of power and fatigue in the knee extensor muscles of females

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-233

  Stauber, W T ^a,b   Barill, E R ^b   Stauber, R E ^a   Miller, G R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Human muscle; Muscle power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034022142     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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