In vivo human triceps surae and quadriceps femoris muscle function in a squat jump and counter movement jump

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 416-426

  Finni, Tailja ^a   Komi, Pavvo V ^a   Lepola, Vesa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Muscle mechanics; Muscle tendon interaction; Optic fibre; Power; Tendon force

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; JUMPING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; TENDONS;

EID: 0034534074     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000289     Document Type: Article

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