Electromyographic analysis of hip adductor muscles during incremental fatiguing pedaling exercise

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 815-825

  Watanabe, Kohei ^a   Katayama, Keisho ^a   Ishida, Koji ^a   Akima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adductor longus; Adductor magnus; Cycling; Needle electromyogram; Surface electromyogram; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR LONGUS; ADDUCTOR MAGNUS; ADDUCTOR MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; EXHAUSTION; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349150944     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1086-6     Document Type: Article

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