Quantifying Coordination between Agonist and Antagonist Elbow Muscles during Backhand Crosscourt Shots in Adult Female Squash Players
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experiment Protocol
2.3. Data Recording
2.4. Co-Activation Index
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Muscular Activity
3.2. Co-Activation Index
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Akl, A.-R.; Hassan, A.; Elgizawy, H.; Tilp, M. Quantifying Coordination between Agonist and Antagonist Elbow Muscles during Backhand Crosscourt Shots in Adult Female Squash Players. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9825. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189825
Akl A-R, Hassan A, Elgizawy H, Tilp M. Quantifying Coordination between Agonist and Antagonist Elbow Muscles during Backhand Crosscourt Shots in Adult Female Squash Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9825. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189825
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkl, Abdel-Rahman, Amr Hassan, Helal Elgizawy, and Markus Tilp. 2021. "Quantifying Coordination between Agonist and Antagonist Elbow Muscles during Backhand Crosscourt Shots in Adult Female Squash Players" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9825. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189825