Time to peak torque for knee and elbow extensors and flexors in children, teenagers and adults

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-148

  De Ste Croix, M B A ^a,b   Deighan, M A ^a   Armstrong, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TORQUE;

EID: 3242754977     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2004-0166     Document Type: Article

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