Residual force enhancement during voluntary contractions of knee extensors and flexors at short and long muscle lengths

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 913-918

  Shim, Jaeho ^a   Garner, Brian ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric contraction; Force length curve; Stretch isometric contraction

Indexed keywords

ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION; FORCE-LENGTH; IN-VITRO; ISOMETRIC CONDITION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; JOINT CONFIGURATION; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE EXTENSOR; KNEE FLEXIONS; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTHS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TENSION; PASSIVE TORQUES; RESIDUAL FORCES; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; KNEE EXTENSION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL FORCE ENHANCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84858624228     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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