EMG Power Spectrum and Integrated EMG of Ankle Planterflexors during Stepwise and Ramp Contractions

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-216

  Akasaka, Kiyokazu ^a   Onishi, Hideaki ^a   Momose, Kimito ^a   Ihashi, Kouji ^a   Yagi, Ryo ^a   Handa, Yasunobu ^a   Hoshimiya, Nozomu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031180180     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.182.207     Document Type: Article

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