Muscle cross-sectional areas and performance power of limbs and trunk in the rowing motion

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-58

  Tachibana, Kanta ^a   Yashiro, Kazuya ^b   Miyazaki, Jun ^c   Ikegami, Yasuo ^a   Higuchi, Mitsuru ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion analysis; Rowing performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; THIGH;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARM; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ERGOMETRY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS; THIGH;

EID: 34447556969     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140601058516     Document Type: Article

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