The control of foot force during pushing efforts against a moving pedal

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-61

  Gruben, Kreg G ^a,b   López Ortiz, Citlali ^a   Schmidt, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Force; Leg; Motor control; Pedal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037213677     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1276-5     Document Type: Article

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