Muscle inactivation: Assessment of interpolated twitch technique

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2267-2273

  Behm, D G ^a,b   St Pierre, D M M ^a   Perez, D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029806953     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.81.5.2267     Document Type: Article

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