Event-related differences in the cross-sectional areas and torque generation capabilities of quadriceps femoris and hamstrings in male high school athletes

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-21

  Hoshikawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Muramatsu, Masataka ^a   Iida, Tomomi ^a   Uchiyama, Akiko ^a   Nakajima, Yoshiharu ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent athletes; Isokinetic torque; Lean body mass; Specificity; Thigh muscularity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77954841047     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.29.13     Document Type: Article

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