Effect of knee joint angle on neuromuscular activation of the vastus intermedius muscle during isometric contraction

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Watanabe, K ^a,b   Akima, H ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee extensor muscle; Needle electromyography; Quadriceps femoris; Surface electromyography; Synergistic muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455162449     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01347.x     Document Type: Article

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