Activity in three parts of the quadriceps recorded isometrically at two different knee angles and during a functional exercise

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 259-265

  Morrish, G M ^a   Woledge, R C ^a   Haddad, F S ^b  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Knee angle; Quadriceps activation; Stepping; Surface EMG; Vastus laterals; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; THIGH;

EID: 0041431105     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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