Trainability of muscular activity level during maximal voluntary co-contraction: comparison between bodybuilders and nonathletes.

Antagonistic muscle pairs cannot be fully activated simultaneously, even with maximal effort, under conditions of voluntary co-contraction, and their muscular activity levels are always below those during agonist contraction with maximal voluntary effort (MVE). Whether the muscular activity level du...

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Main Authors: Sumiaki Maeo, Takumi Takahashi, Yohei Takai, Hiroaki Kanehisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3829833?pdf=render