Functional changes of human quadriceps muscle injured by eccentric exercise

The present study evaluated functional changes of quadriceps muscle after injury induced by eccentric exercise. Maximal isometric torque of quadriceps and the surface electromyography (root mean square, RMS, and median frequency, MDF) of the vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and vastus lateralis (VL) mu...

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Main Authors: F.V. Serrão, B. Foerster, S. Spada, M.M.B. Morales, V. Monteiro-Pedro, A. Tannús, T.F. Salvini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003000600014