Reliability of measurements of muscle strength and voluntary activation using twitch interpolation

Muscle & Nerve

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 593-600

  Allen, G M ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a   McKenzie, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

elbow flexors; maximal force; muscle contraction; twitch interpolation; voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029008616     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880180605     Document Type: Article

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