Effects of training on muscle and tendon in knee extensors and plantar flexors in vivo

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-323

  Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Ikebukuro, Toshihiro ^b   Yata, Hideaki ^c   Tsunoda, Naoya ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WAKO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation level; Cross sectional area; Muscle strength; Tendon stiffness

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS;

ACTIVATION LEVEL; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; IN-VIVO; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE EXTENSOR; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE VOLUME; NEURAL ACTIVATION;

TENDONS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TENDON; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956562816     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.26.3.316     Document Type: Article

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