Muscles within muscles: A Mechanomyographic analysis of muscle segment contractile properties within human gluteus maximus

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  McAndrew, D ^a   Gorelick, M ^b   Brown, J M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional differentiation; Laser; Mechanomyograph; Muscle fibre type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 33750141521     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957706001704     Document Type: Article

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