Differences in activation patterns of knee flexor muscles during concentric and eccentric exercises

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-198

  Ono, Takashi ^a   Okuwaki, Toru ^b   Fukubayashi, Toru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

electromyography; functional property; hamstrings; muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIGH; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954669651     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438627.2010.490185     Document Type: Article

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