Correlations and coherence of monopolar EMG-currents of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in proximal and distal compartments

The penniform gastrocnemius muscle contains multiple heads in the proximal regions and the aponeuroses are attached to the Achilles tendon. The multiple head structure lead to the assumption that different regions of the muscle must be activated compartment wise. The purpose of this study was to com...

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Main Authors: Vinzenz eVon Tscharner, Christian eMaurer, Benno M. Nigg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00223/full