Trunk muscle fatigue and associated EMG changes during a dynamic iso-inertial test

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-80

  Morlock, Michael M ^a   Bonin, Veronika ^b   Müller, Gerd ^b   Schneider, Erich ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exhaustion tests; Iso inertial contractions; Localized muscular fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXHAUSTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECTROMETRY; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 0030861930     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050215     Document Type: Article

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