Angle-specific impairment of elbow flexors strength after isometric exercise at long muscle length

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 859-865

  Philippou, Anastassios ^a   Maridaki, Maria ^a   Bogdanis, Gregory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Creatine kinase; Length force relationship; Muscle contractile function; Muscle damage

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ELBOW FLEXION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SHOULDER; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CREATINE KINASE; ELBOW JOINT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMERES;

EID: 0142247133     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264041031000140356     Document Type: Article

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