Surface electromyograms of agonist and antagonist muscles during force development of maximal isometric exercises - Effects of instruction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Sahaly, Ridha ^a   Vandewalle, Henry ^a,b   Driss, Tarak ^a,c   Monod, Hugues ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TEACHING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0038649966     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0762-6     Document Type: Article

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