Dependence of average muscle fibre conduction velocity on voluntary contraction force

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-276

  Masuda, Tadashi ^a   Sadoyama, Tsugutake ^a   Shiraishi, Megumi ^b  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction force; Fatigue; Muscle fibre conduction velocity; Size principle; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030459469     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(96)00022-3     Document Type: Article

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