Variation in neuromuscular responses during acute whole-body vibration exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1642-1650

  Abercromby, Andrew F J ^a   Amonette, William E ^b   Layne, Charles S ^b   Mcfarlin, Brian K ^b   Hinman, Martha R ^c   Paloski, William H ^d  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Damping; Electromyography; Posture; Reflex; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STATIC EXERCISE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 34548444066     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318093f551     Document Type: Article

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