Muscle activity during leg strengthening exercise using free weights and elastic resistance: Effects of ballistic vs controlled contractions

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-78

  Jakobsen, Markus Due ^a   Sundstrup, Emil ^a   Andersen, Christoffer H ^a   Aagaard, Per ^b   Andersen, Lars L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Exercise; Lunge; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; STANDING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84876721326     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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