Vastus lateralis surface and single motor unit EMG following submaximal shortening and lengthening contractions

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1086-1095

  Altenburg, Teatske M ^a,b   De Ruiter, Cornelis J ^b   Verdijk, Peter W L ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^c   De Haan, Arnold ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic contractions; Muscle activation; Quadriceps muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIME;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57649155036     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-092     Document Type: Article

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