Effects of fatigue duration and muscle type on voluntary and evoked contractile properties

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1654-1661

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

electromyography; M wave; muscle activation; recovery; twitch

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030912149     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.5.1654     Document Type: Article

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