The effect of elbow angle and external moment on load sharing of elbow muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 912-922

  Praagman, M ^a   Chadwick, E K J ^b   van der Helm, F C T ^c   Veeger, H E J ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elbow muscles; EMG; Load sharing; Moment arm; Muscle length; Muscle oxygen consumption; NIRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955171827     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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