Sex differences in quadriceps and hamstrings emg-moment relationships

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1652-1660

  Krishnan, Chandramouli ^a   Williams, Glenn N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric; Knee moment; Muscle activation; Neuromuscular control; Sex; Thigh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM MOMENT RELATIONSHIP; FEMALE; GENDER; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEX FACTORS; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449101820     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819e8e5d     Document Type: Article

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