Hip adduction does not affect VMO EMG amplitude or VMO:VL ratios during a dynamic squat exercise

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Boling, Michelle ^a   Padua, Darin ^a   Blackburn, J Troy ^a   Petschauer, Meredith ^a   Hirth, Christopher ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Knee; Squat

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 33746779554     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.15.3.195     Document Type: Article

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