The effect of knee joint angle on torque control

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Voudrie, Stefani J ^a   Ebersole, Kyle T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Force control; Motor control variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149128303     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890903269237     Document Type: Article

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