Task-dependent effect of limb immobilization on the fatigability of the elbow flexor muscles in humans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 567-592

  Yue, Guang H ^a   Bilodeau, Martin ^a,b   Hardy, Peter A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030959326     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1997.sp004048     Document Type: Article

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