Association between knee extensor strength and EMG activities during squat movement

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2328-2334

  Fujita, Eiji ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshitake, Yasuhide ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^a   Nishizono, Hidetsugu ^a  

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

Author keywords

activity of daily living; aging; Body mass based task; breakpoint; force generation capability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TORQUE; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355161633     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182207ed8     Document Type: Article

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