Muscle coordination patterns for efficient cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 926-938

  Blake, Ollie M ^a   Champoux, Yvan ^b   Wakeling, James M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; kinematics; pedal forces; power output

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84859910305     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182404d4b     Document Type: Article

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