The effect of remote voluntary contractions on knee extensor torque

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1805-1809

  Ebben, William P ^a   Leigh, David H ^a   Geiser, Christopher F ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent activation potentiation; Force; Jendrassik; Maneuver; Motor control; Strength

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; TORQUE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 58149308388     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817dc4ad     Document Type: Article

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