Twitch contractile properties of plantarflexor muscles in female power-trained athletes

Medicina dello Sport

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Paasuke M ^a   Ereline, J ^a   Gapeyeva, H ^a   Torop, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Muscle contraction; Muscle, skeletal, physiology; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0037005492     PISSN: 00257826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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