Resistance training alters the sensorimotor control of vasti muscles

YM Wong, G Ng - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2010 - Elsevier
The present study examined and compared two modes of weight training (bodybuilding and
power-lifting) on the surface EMG of vasti muscles, knee joint position sense and isometric …

EMG analysis of the vastus medialis/vastus lateralis muscles utilizing the unloaded narrow-and wide-stance squats

R Anderson, C Courtney… - Journal of Sport …, 1998 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of this study was to see if vastus medialis oblique/vastus lateralis (VMO: VL)
ratios could be increased by widening the squat stance and if the VMO activity increases …

Comparison of two exercises on VMO and VL EMG activity and force production

MA Rice, JG Bennett… - Isokinetics and Exercise …, 1995 - content.iospress.com
Anterior knee pain syndromes are among the most common sources of pain and dysfunction
at the knee. Numerous attempts have been made to identify exercises that selectively …

[PDF][PDF] INFLUENCE OF NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE ON CO-CONTRACTION BETWEEN VASTUS MEDIALIS AND VASTUS LATERALIS DURING ISOMETRIC …

CR da Silva, D de Oliveira Silva, FA Aragão, D Ferrari… - Kinesiology, 2014 - Citeseer
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular fatigue on vastus medialis
and vastus lateralis co-contraction. Fifteen healthy young subjects performed an isometric …

Normalized EMG to normalized torque relationship of vastus intermedius muscle during isometric knee extension

K Watanabe, H Akima - European journal of applied physiology, 2009 - Springer
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the electromyography (EMG) to torque
relationship of the vastus intermedius (VI) muscle. Thirteen healthy men performed maximal …

Neuromuscular activation of vastus intermedius muscle during fatiguing exercise

K Watanabe, H Akima - Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 2010 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate neuromuscular activation of the vastus
intermedius (VI) muscle during fatiguing contraction. Seven healthy men performed …

Voluntary drive-dependent changes in vastus lateralis motor unit firing rates during a sustained isometric contraction at 50% of maximum knee extension force

CJ De Ruiter, MJH Elzinga, PWL Verdijk… - Pflügers Archiv, 2004 - Springer
The purpose of the present study was to relate the expected inter-subject variability in
voluntary drive of the knee extensor muscles during a sustained isometric contraction to the …

The effects of fatigue on the resultant joint moment, agonist and antagonist electromyographic activity at different angles during dynamic knee extension efforts

E Kellis - Journal of Electromyography and kinesiology, 1999 - Elsevier
Examination of the effects of fatigue on antagonist function can provide information on the
role of antagonists in limiting the resultant joint moment and stabilizing the knee. Therefore …

Vastus lateralis fatigue alters recruitment of musculus quadriceps femoris in humans

H Akima, JM Foley, BM Prior… - Journal of applied …, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
This study tested the hypothesis that fatigue of a single member of musculus quadriceps
femoris (QF) would alter use of the other three muscles during knee extension exercise …

A novel method for measuring electromechanical delay of the vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis

HY Chen, JJ Liau, CL Wang, HJ Lai, MH Jan - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Electromechanical delay (EMD) of the vastus medialis obliquus (VMO) and vastus lateralis
(VL) is determined by measuring the interval between the time of onset of muscle activities …