Changes of pedaling technique and muscle coordination during an exhaustive exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1277-1286

  Dorel, Sylvain ^a   Drouet, Jean Marc ^b   Couturier, Antoine ^a   Champoux, Yvan ^b   Hug, François ^a,c,d  

^a Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Universite de Nantes   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclist; EMG, Effectiveness; Fatigue; Force; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRAINING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; LEG; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TORQUE;

EID: 67650080476     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819825f8     Document Type: Article

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