Reaction times and electromechanical delay in reactions of increasing and decreasing force

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-754

  Blanpied, Peter ^a   Oksendahl, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; REST;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; REST;

EID: 33947140471     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.3.743-754     Document Type: Article

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