Intensity- and muscle-specific fascicle behavior during human drop jumps

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 382-389

  Sousa, F ^a,b   Ishikawa, M ^a   Vilas Boas, J P ^b   Komi, P V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; Elasticity; Inhibition; Stretch shortening cycle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 33846150364     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00274.2006     Document Type: Article

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