Uncertainty of knee joint muscle activity during knee joint torque exertion: The significance of controlling adjacent joint torque

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1093-1103

  Nozaki, Daichi ^a,b   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^a   Akai, Masami ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b Research Institute NRCD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; Cosine tuning; Isometric force exertion; Monoarticular muscle; Muscle strength training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE;

EID: 24044477558     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00365.2005     Document Type: Article

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