Functional roles of the leg muscles when pedaling in the recumbent versus the upright position

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Hakansson, Nils A ^a,b   Hull, M L ^b  

^a Biomedical Engineering Program   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY FIELDS; LEG MUSCLES; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; PEDALING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; ORTHOPEDICS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY POSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; RECUMBENCY; SIMULATION; STANDING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 18644382221     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1865192     Document Type: Article

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