Skin cooling alters the activation patterns of different heads of the quadriceps

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-139

  Kinugasa, Ryuta ^a   Yoshida, Kazumasa ^b   Watanabe, Takayuki ^a   Kuchiki, Kousuke ^a   Horii, Akira ^a  

^a NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Trainer Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold; mfMRI; Neuromuscular plasticity; Recruitment; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELAXATION TIME; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THIGH; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 18244385751     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h05-110     Document Type: Article

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