The effect of limb position, exercise mode and contraction type on overall activity of VMO and VL

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Herrington, Lee ^a   Blacker, Mark ^a   Enjuanes, Narcis ^a   Smith, Paul ^a   Worthington, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMG; Exercise; RMS; VL; VMO

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 33646764612     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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