Asymmetry of force fluctuation during low and moderate intensity isometric knee extensions

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 860-870

  Oshita, Kazushige ^a   Yano, Sumio ^b  

^a KYUSHU KYORITSU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051632357     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/15.25.26.PMS.112.3.860-870     Document Type: Article

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