Changes of the maximal muscle torque in women training Power Yoga (Astanga Vinyasa)

Human Movement

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-177

  Buśko, Krzysztof ^a,b   Rychlik, Radosław ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Poland)

^b JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Astanga Yoga Studio   (Poland)

Author keywords

Flexors extensors ratio; Muscle topography; Muscle torque; Power Yoga (Astanga Vinyasa)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATIC EXERCISE; YOGA;

EID: 33846500617     PISSN: 17323991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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