Tennis players show a lower coactivation of the elbow antagonist muscles during isokinetic exercises

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 752-759

  Bazzucchi, Ilenia ^a   Riccio, Maria Elena ^a   Felici, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Isokinetic exercise; Muscle cocontraction; sEMG; Tennis players

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENNIS; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; TENNIS;

EID: 50649116187     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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