Coactivation patterns of the medial and lateral hamstrings based on joint position and movement velocity during isokinetic movements

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-122

  Croce, Ron V ^a   Miller, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TENDONS; THIGH;

EID: 33744788102     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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