Electromyographic study of a sequence of Yau-Man Kung Fu palm strikes with and without impact

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue CSSI-2, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Neto, Osmar Pinto ^a   Magini, Marcio ^a   Pacheco, Marcos T T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Impact; Martial arts; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954458330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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