Knee angle and angular velocity at voluntary EMG onset, voluntary torque onset and evoked-torque onset, during explosive voluntary or evoked knee extensions performed in four separate conditions: concentric or eccentric at a constant acceleration of 500 deg s−2 (CONSLOW or ECCSLOW) or 2000 deg s−2 (CONFAST and ECCFAST). Knee angle and angular velocity at voluntary EMG onset, voluntary torque onset and evoked-torque onset, during explosive voluntary or evoked knee extensions performed in four separate conditions: concentric or eccentric at a constant acceleration of 500 deg s−2 (CONSLOW or ECCSLOW) or 2000 deg s−2 (CONFAST and ECCFAST) Neale A. Tillin et al. J Exp Biol 2018;221:jeb193367 © 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd