Potentiation of the triceps brachii during voluntary submaximal contractions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 859-865

  Smith, Cameron B ^a   Cheng, Arthur J ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow extensors; Muscle length; Postactivation potentiation; Submaximal contraction; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957932133     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21993     Document Type: Article

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