Surface electromyographic amplitude-to-work ratios during isokinetic and isotonic muscle actions

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 314-320

  Purkayastha, Sushmita ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^b   Trowbridge, Cynthia A ^c   Fincher, A Louise ^c   Marek, Sarah M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d Central Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular velocity; Leg extension; Muscle activation; Range of motion; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 34250030486     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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