Resultant muscle torque and electromyographic activity during high intensity elastic resistance and free weight exercises

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Aboodarda, Saied Jalal ^a   Hamid, Mohamad Shariff A ^a   Che Muhamed, Ahmad Munir ^b   Ibrahim, Fatimah ^a   Thompson, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

elastic tubing; multiple repetitions maximum; Resistance training; variable exercises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875312643     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2011.586438     Document Type: Article

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