Evaluation of viscoelastic parameters of the skeletal muscles in junior triathletes

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 625-637

  Gavronski, Georg ^a   Veraksitš, Alar ^a   Vasar, Eero ^a   Maaroos, Jaak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Myotonometry; Skeletal muscle; Triathlon; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

BICEPS BRACHII; LOGARITHMIC DECREMENT; MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS; MUSCLE TISSUES; MYOTONOMETRY; RELAXED STATE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII; VISCO-ELASTIC PARAMETERS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRIATHLON; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 34249682016     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/6/002     Document Type: Article

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