Quadriceps femoris electromyogram during concentric, isometric and eccentric phases of fatiguing dynamic knee extensions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-254

  Pincivero, Danny M ^a   Gandhi, Varsha ^a   Timmons, Mark K ^a   Coelho, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Rectus femoris; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CRACKS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

RECTUS FEMORIS; VASTUS MEDIALIS;

BONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28444448369     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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