The effect of muscle length on electrically elicited muscle vibrations in the in-situ cat soleus muscle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-121

  Vaz, Marco A ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a   Leonard, Tim R ^a   Nguyen, Hoa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Median frequency; Motor units; Muscle length; Root mean square; Vibromyography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030844656     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(96)00023-5     Document Type: Article

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