Force depression following muscle shortening in sub-maximal voluntary contractions of human adductor pollicis

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Rousanoglou, Elissavet N ^a   Oskouei, Ali E ^b   Herzog, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force enhancement; Force length relationship; Muscle activation; Muscle properties

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK CONTROL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

FORCE ENHANCEMENT; FORCE-LENGTH RELATIONSHIP; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE PROPERTIES;

MUSCLE;

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THUMB; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB;

EID: 33751519742     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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