Neuromuscular performance and bone structural characteristics in young healthy men and women

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-222

  Rantalainen, Timo ^a   Heinonen, A ^a   Komi, P V ^a   Linnamo, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Activation level; Bone strength; Specific tension; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FRACTURE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIA; VARIANCE;

ADULT; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA;

EID: 36349006383     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0575-8     Document Type: Article

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