Torque interaction among adjacent joints due to the action of biarticular muscles

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Nozaki, Daichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosine tuning; Joint torque exertion; Monoarticular muscle; Preferred direction; Redundancy; Strength training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT; KNEE; LEG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TORQUE; TRAINING; TUNING CURVE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TORQUE;

EID: 65849340635     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318183c103     Document Type: Article

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