Comparison of electromyographic activity during eccentrically versus concentrically loaded isometric contractions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-471

  Garner, John C ^a   Blackburn, Troy ^b   Weimar, Wendi ^a   Campbell, Brian ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentric; Eccentric; Isometric; Muscle loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIGH; VISION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDENTS;

EID: 42749086313     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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