Functional differences in the activity of the hamstring muscles with increasing running speed

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1085-1092

  Higashihara, Ayako ^a   Ono, Takashi ^a   Kubota, Jun ^a   Okuwaki, Toru ^b   Fukubayashi, Toru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INSTITUTE OF SPORTS SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955723100     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.494308     Document Type: Article

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