Patterns of leg muscle recruitment vary between novice and highly trained cyclists

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-371

  Chapman, Andrew R ^a,b   Vicenzino, Bill ^a   Blanch, Peter ^b   Hodges, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cadence; Cycling; Electromyography (EMG); Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAINING; VARIANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949117435     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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