Unloaded shortening velocity of voluntarily and electrically activated human dorsiflexor muscles in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Sasak, Kazushige ^a   Ishii, Naokata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXOR MUSCLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TORQUE; VELOCITY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958576116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013043     Document Type: Article

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