Coactivation of the elbow antagonist muscles is not affected by the speed of movement in isokinetic exercise

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-199

  Bazzucchi, Ilenia ^a   Sbriccoli, Paola ^a   Marzattinocci, Giulia ^a   Felici, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elbow extension; Elbow flexion; Isokinetic exercise; Muscle co activation; Muscle cocontraction; sEMG; Surface electromyogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELBOW; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32144447795     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20462     Document Type: Article

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