Muscle Activation and Deactivation Dynamics: The Governing Properties in Fast Cyclical Human Movement Performance?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 76-81

  Neptune, R R ^a,c   Kautz, S A ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Human locomotion; Muscle models; Neural control; Pedaling; Simulation; Work loops

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BICYCLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0035318155     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200104000-00007     Document Type: Article

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