Gender differences in active musculoskeletal stiffness. Part I. Quantification in controlled measurements of knee joint dynamics

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Granata, Kevin P ^a   Wilson, Sara E ^a   Padua, Darin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Knee; Muscle; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 0036218682     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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