Reduction of the fatigue-induced force decline in human skeletal muscle by optimized stimulation trains

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1129-1137

  Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a   Lee, Samuel C K ^a   Baadte, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION;

EID: 0030924479     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90140-4     Document Type: Article

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