Knee muscular response strategies differ by developmental level but not gender during jump landing

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 339-348

  Croce, Ronald V ^a   Russell, P J ^b   Swartz, E E ^a   Decoster, L C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; PREPUBERTY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4544301765     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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