Even when you’re just bending your elbow without twisting your hand, the muscle that normally turns your palm down still turns on — maybe to balance out other muscles that are pulling the wrong way.

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Strategies for muscle activation during isometric torque generation at the human elbow.

Cross-Sectional Study

Human

1989 Dec

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Strategies for muscle activation during isometric torque generation at the human elbow.

Score: 21

DOI: 10.1152/JN.1989.62.6.1201

Even when you’re just bending your elbow without twisting your hand, the muscle that normally turns your palm down still turns on — maybe to balance out other muscles that are pulling the wrong way.

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Supporting (1)

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Gold Standard Evidence Needed

Source Study

Strategies for muscle activation during isometric torque generation at the human elbow.