The effect of whole-body vibration frequency and amplitude on the myoelectric activity of vastus medialis and vastus lateralis

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Krol, Piotr ^a   Piecha, Magdalena ^a   Slomka, Kajetan ^a   Sobota, Grzegorz ^a   Polak, Anna ^a   Juras, Grzegorz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

EMG; Muscle activity; Vibration training; Whole body vibration (WBV)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952459995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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