Influence of synchronous and sequential stimulation on muscle fatigue

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-192

  Thomsen, M ^a   Veltink, P H ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Muscle fatigue; Overlap; Sequential; Synchronous

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRODES; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY;

GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SYNCHRONOUS SIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME;

EID: 0031148736     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02530036     Document Type: Article

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