Normal isometric and isokinetic peak torques of hamstring and quadriceps muscles in young adult Saudi males

Neurosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Alangari, Abdulrahman S ^a,b   Al Hazzaa, Hazzaa M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLICATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAUDI ARABIA; STANDARDIZATION; TORQUE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 3142726259     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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