Does cycling effect motor coordination of the leg during running in elite triathletes?

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-380

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography (EMG); Fatigue; Motor control; Motor learning; Three dimensional (3D) kinematics; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRIATHLON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING;

EID: 44349109666     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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