Contribution of central vs. Peripheral factors to the force loss induced by passive stretch of the human plantar flexors

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-218

  Trajano, Gabriel S ^a   Seitz, Laurent ^a   Nosaka, Kasunori ^a   Blazevich, Anthony J ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Excitation contraction coupling; Muscle activity; Muscle stretch

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TORQUE;

EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING; MUSCLE ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRETCH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 84880556994     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00333.2013     Document Type: Article

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