Sex differences in neuromuscular recruitment are not related to patellar tendon load

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1410-1416

  Janssen, Ina ^a,b   Steele, Julie R ^a   Munro, Bridget J ^a   Brown, Nicholas A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomechanics; Knee; patellar tendinopathy; volleyball

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KNEE; LEG; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATELLA LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLYOMETRICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDINITIS; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SEX FACTORS; TENDINOPATHY; VOLLEYBALL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84902549476     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000252     Document Type: Article

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