Adjusted saddle position counteracts the modified muscle activation patterns during uphill cycling

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 854-860

  Fonda, Borut ^a   Panjan, Andrej ^a   Markovic, Goran ^a,c   Sarabon, Nejc ^a,b  

^a S2P Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bicycle geometry; Cycling; Electromyography; Muscular coordination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 80052390896     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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