The effect of movement velocity and movement pattern on the reciprocal co-activation of the hamstrings

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 451-458

  Croce, Ron V ^a   Miller, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS; THIGH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346272800     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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