Leg muscles differ in spatial activation patterns with differing levels of voluntary plantarflexion activity in humans

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-51

  Giordano, S B ^a,d   Segal, R L ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius; Magnetic resonance imaging; Peroneus longus; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 33845884305     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096950     Document Type: Article

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