Elbow flexor inhibition as a function of muscle length

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-56

  Brondino, Luciana ^a   Suter, Esther ^a   Lee, Hae Dong ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow flexor forces; Muscle activation; Superimposed twitch technique

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MODULATION; MUSCLE;

ELBOW FLEXORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; TENDON RECEPTOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0036170970     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.18.1.46     Document Type: Article

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