HIGHER RATE OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT IN UNILATERAL OUTPUT THAN BILATERAL OUTPUT DURING EXPLOSIVE ISOMETRIC MULTI-JOINT LEG EXTENSION.

XXIIcongress International Society of Biomechanics (capetown)

We examined a difference of unilateral and bilateral rate of force output during explosive isometric leg extension. As BLD were observed for both on force and on RFD, more pronounced BLD was observed on RFD. These findings may be explained by higher recruitments of high threshold motor units in unilateral maximum isometric leg extension.

Ryo Yamauchi, Subaru Takahashi and Kazuo Funato

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