Human bilateral deficit during a dynamic multi-joint leg press movement

Human Movement Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-191

  Hay, Dean ^a   de Souza, Vinicius Aguiar ^a   Fukashiro, Senshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral deficit; Biomechanics; Electromyography; Leg; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JOINTS; KINETICS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33645926373     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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