Force enhancement during and following muscle stretch of maximal voluntarily activated human quadriceps femoris

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 701-709

  Hahn, Daniel ^a   Seiberl, Wolfgang ^a   Schwirtz, Ansgar ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eccentric muscle action; Force enhancement; History of muscle action; Maximal voluntary activation; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 34547585557     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0462-3     Document Type: Article

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