Knee and ankle joint stiffness in sprint running

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 166-173

  Kuitunen, Sami ^a   Komi, Paavo V ^a   Kyröläinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

EMG; Joint moment; Regulation mechanisms; Running; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; TENDON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036141301     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200201000-00025     Document Type: Article

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