Effects of knee angle on lower extremity extension force and activation time characteristics of selected thigh muscles

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Papadopoulos, Christos ^a   Kalapotharakos, Vasilios I ^a   Chimonidis, Evripidis ^a   Gantiraga, Evaggelia ^a   Grezios, Apostolos ^a   Gissis, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activation; Isometric force; Muscle length; Quadriceps femoris muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 41849118776     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2008-0294     Document Type: Article

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