Concentric force enhancement during human movement

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 369-377

  Finni, T ^a   Ikegawa, S ^b   Komi, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fascicle; Force enhancement; Force length; Jumping; Knee extension; Muscle tendon unit; Potentiation; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035682307     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2001.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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