Changes in muscle force-length properties affect the early rise of force in vivo

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 512-520

  Blazevich, Anthony J ^a,b   Cannavan, Dale ^b   Horne, Sara ^b   Coleman, David R ^b,c   Aagaard, Per ^d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Quadriceps femoris; Rate of force development; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 65649087125     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21259     Document Type: Article

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