Surface electromyographic activation patterns and elbow joint motion during a pull-up, chin-up, or perfect-pulluptm rotational exercise

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3404-3414

  Youdas, James W ^a   Amundson, Collier L ^a   Cicero, Kyle S ^a   Hahn, Justin J ^a   Harezlak, David T ^a   Hollman, John H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Motion analysis; Muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SOFTWARE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953017797     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f1598c     Document Type: Article

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