Effect of knee joint cooling on the electromyographic activity of lower extremity muscles during a plyometric exercise

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1075-1081

  Schmid, Stefan ^a   Moffat, Marilyn ^b   Gutierrez, Gregory M ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Drop jump; Ice application; Leg muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSITION; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PLYOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 77957021579     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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