Depression of human electromyographic activity by fatigue of a synergistic muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 710-717

  Sacco, Paul ^a   Newberry, Rebecca ^a   McFadden, Laara ^a   Brown, Timothy ^a   McComas, Alan J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

inhibitory reflex; M wave; muscle fatigue; muscle wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0030962634     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199706)20:6<710::AID-MUS8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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