Force per active area and muscle injury during electrically stimulated contractions

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1596-1604

  Black, Christopher D ^a   Mccully, Kevin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric contractions; Soreness; Specific force; T2 Mri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXERCISE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RATING SCALE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 66149135213     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181757182     Document Type: Article

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