Activity modulations of trunk and lower limb muscles during impact-absorbing landing

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 602-609

  Iida, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^c   Inaba, Yuki ^a,b   Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Impact absorption; Landing; Lower limb; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LANDING; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRUNK; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79959312822     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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