Comparison of twitch contractile properties of plantar flexor muscles in 9-10-year-old girls and boys

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 324-332

  Pääsuke, Mati ^a   Ereline, Jaan ^a   Gapeyeva, Helena ^a   Toots, Madli ^a   Toots, Laivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0043236322     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.15.3.324     Document Type: Article

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