Ankle flexors produce peak torque at longer muscle lengths after whole-body vibration

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1977-1983

  Kemertzis, Matthew A ^a   Lythgo, Noel D ^a,c   Morgan, David L ^b   Galea, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamometer; Isokinetic; Length tension; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ANKLE JOINT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66949137137     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817eeeb8     Document Type: Article

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