Agonist muscle activity and antagonist muscle co-activity levels during standardized isotonic and isokinetic knee extensions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 449-458

  Remaud, Anthony ^a   Cornu, Christophe ^a   Guével, Arnaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Concentric mode; Joint angle effect; Muscle effect; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 62949114725     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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