Measurement of human muscle fatigue

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-227

  Vøllestad, Nina K ^a,b  

^a Box 1153   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Electromyography; Fatigue; Force generation; Maximal evocable force; Maximal voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 0030797073     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)02251-6     Document Type: Article

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