Muscle-Tendon Interaction During Human Dolphin-Kick Swimming

Without high impact forces, it is not clear how humans can utilize tendon elasticity during low-impact activities. The purpose of the present study was to examine the muscle-tendon behavior together with the electromyographic (EMG) activities of the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle during the human dolp...

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Main Authors: Kanae Sano, Takumi Sakamoto, Ryoma Nishimura, Yoshito Danno, Paavo V. Komi, Masaki Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.01153/full