Similar response of agonist and antagonist muscles after eccentric exercise revealed by electromyography and mechanomyography

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 568-577

  Jaskólski, Artur ^a   Andrzejewska, Renata ^a   Marusiak, Jarosław ^a   Kisiel Sajewicz, Katarzyna ^a   Jaskólska, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Eccentric exercise; EMG; MMG; Triceps brachii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 34547503170     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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