Voluntary activation of the triceps surae in prepubertal children

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-465

  Grosset, Jean François ^a   Mora, Isabelle ^b   Lambertz, Daniel ^a   Pérot, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b campus universitaire Le bailly   (France)

Author keywords

Coactivation; Electromyography; Prepubertal children; Twitch interpolation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANKLE JOINT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUES; TORQUE;

EID: 42949105197     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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