Effect of vastus lateralis fatigue on load sharing between quadriceps femoris muscles during isometric knee extensions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 768-776

  Bouillard, Killian ^a   Jubeau, Marc ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a   Hug, François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elastography; Electromyostimulation; Muscle coordination; Shear wave elastography; Supersonic shear imaging

Indexed keywords

ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOSTIMULATION; MUSCLE COORDINATION; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84894051193     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00595.2013     Document Type: Article

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