Angle- and gender-specific quadriceps femoris muscle recruitment and knee extensor torque

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1689-1697

  Pincivero, Danny M ^a   Salfetnikov, Yuliya ^b   Campy, Robert M ^b   Coelho, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Rectus femoris; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; TORQUE;

FEMORIS MUSCLES; MUSCLE RECRUITMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 4544332208     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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