Coactivation at the ankle joint is not sufficient to estimate agonist and antagonist mechanical contribution

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-518

  Billot, Maxime ^a   Simoneau, Emilie ^a,b,c,d   Van Hoecke, Jacques ^a   Martin, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c LAMIH   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agonist and antagonist muscles; Coactivation; EMG biofeedback; Isometric maximal voluntary contraction torque; Torque EMG relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANKLE JOINT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950267943     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21530     Document Type: Article

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