Muscle activation strategies in multiple muscle systems

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-183

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; Cosine tuning; Force fluctuations; Lateral force transmission; Posture control; Tendon compliance

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; LATERAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; MECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POSTURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 65849416043     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318183c0b2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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