Revisiting the influence of hip and knee angles on quadriceps excitation measured by surface electromyography

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Kong, Pui W ^a   van Haselen, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biarticular; EMG; Isometric; Monoarticular; Torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955147686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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