Evidence of residual force enhancement for multi-joint leg extension

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1503-1508

  Hahn, Daniel ^a   Seiberl, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Schweizer, Katrin ^a   Schwirtz, Ansgar ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eccentric; Force potentiation; Force time history; In vivo; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIVING; ECCENTRIC FORCE; EMG SIGNAL; FORCE ENHANCEMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; IN-VIVO; INVERSE DYNAMICS; ISOMETRIC FORCE; JOINT TORQUES; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MULTI-JOINT; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MYOFIBRILS; REACTION FORCES; RESIDUAL FORCES; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME HISTORY;

CONCRETE BRIDGES; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77952672065     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.01.041     Document Type: Article

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