Muscle tone in different joint positions and at submaximal isometric torque levels

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 793-802

  Alamäki, Antti ^a   Häkkinen, Arja ^b,c   Mälkiä, Esko ^c   Ylinen, Jari ^b  

^a KARELIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Force; Muscle compliance; Myotonometer; Repeatability; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); TORQUE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

AT RESTS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FORCE; ISOMETRIC TORQUE; MUSCLE COMPLIANCES; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTONOMETER; REPEATABILITY; SOFT TISSUE; TORQUE LEVELS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TONOMETER; TORQUE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 34548764978     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/28/8/003     Document Type: Article

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