EMG differences between concentric and eccentric maximum voluntary contractions are evident prior to movement onset

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 505-511

  Grabiner, M ^a,b   Owings, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Isokinetic; Motor control; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THIGH; VOLITION;

EID: 0036040208     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1129-2     Document Type: Article

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