Why does knee extensor muscles torque decrease after eccentric-type exercise?

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-151

  Martin, V ^a,b   Millet, G Y ^a   Lattier, G ^a   Perrod, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Downhill running; Electrical stimulation; Electro myography; Low frequency fatigue; M wave voluntary activation level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSOR MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TETANUS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 26244438428     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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