Unique spatial distribution of in vivo human muscle activation

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 938-948

  Kinugasa, Ryuta ^a,b   Kawakami, Yasuo ^c   Sinha, Shantanu ^d   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^e  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME;

EID: 80051920868     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2011.057562     Document Type: Article

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