Influence of Passive Muscle Tension on Electromechanical Delay in Humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lacourpaille, Lilian ^a   Hug, François ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERGOMETER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MUSCLE TENSION; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BREVICEPS;

EID: 84871910398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053159     Document Type: Article

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