Muscle force per cross-sectional area is inversely related with pennation angle in strength trained athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-131

  Ikegawa, Shigeki ^a   Funato, Kazuo ^b   Tsunoda, Naoya ^c   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^d   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^e   Kawakami, Yasuo ^e  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle force and cross sectional area; Pennation angle; Triceps brachii

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 41649084815     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31815f2fd3     Document Type: Article

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