The effects of fatigue on the torque-frequency curve of the human paralysed soleus muscle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-13

  Shields, Richard K ^a   Chang, Ya Ju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Fatigue; Frequency; Paralysed muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0030948664     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(96)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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