The effects of cycling cadence on the phases of joint power, crank power, force and force effectiveness

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Ettema, Gertjan ^a   Lorås, Håvard ^a   Leirdal, Stig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cadence; Cycling; Electromechanical delay; Mechanics; Relative phase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COORDINATION; CYCLING; FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BICYCLING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 59149097657     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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