Effect of the shoulder position on the biceps brachii EMG in different dumbbell curls

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-29

  Oliveira, Liliam F ^a   Matta, Thiago T ^a   Alves, Daniel S ^a   Garcia, Marco A C ^a   Vieira, Taian M M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Biceps curl; EMG

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449085013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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