Postactivation potentiation in a human muscle: Effect on the load-velocity relation of tetanic and voluntary shortening contractions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1318-1325

  Baudry, Stéphane ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Electrical stimulation; Muscle power; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINETICS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THUMB; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 35348950523     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00403.2007     Document Type: Article

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