Muscle activities of the lower limb during level and uphill running

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3467-3475

  Yokozawa, Toshiharu ^a   Fujii, Norihisa ^b   Ae, Michiyoshi ^b  

^a JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation level; Muscle torque; Musculoskeletal model; Uphill running

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FORCE CONTROL; HIP PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TORQUE;

ACTIVATION LEVELS; FLEXION; MUSCLE TORQUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELS; UPHILL RUNNING;

MUSCLE;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TORQUE; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; RUNNING;

EID: 35448999725     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.05.028     Document Type: Article

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