Effect of the upper limbs muscles activity on the mechanical energy gain in pole vaulting

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-214

  Frère, Julien ^a,b   Göpfert, Beat ^c   Slawinski, Jean ^d   Tourny chollet, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Mechanical energy; Motion analysis; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY YIELD; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER JOINT; TRACK AND FIELD; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84857035444     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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