EMG reaction in muscles about the knee to passive velocity, acceleration, and jerk manipulations

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-475

  Fee Jr , James W ^a   Miller, Freeman ^a   Lennon, Nancy ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Jerk EMG reaction; Knee; Range of motion; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 62649131166     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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