Electromyographic activity of the pectoralis major and anterior deltoid muscles during three upper-body lifts

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 449-452

  Welsch, Elizabeth A ^a   Bird, Michael ^a   Mayhew, Jerry L ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bench press; Dumbbell flys; Neural activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 20444431164     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/14513.1     Document Type: Article

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