1998 ISEK Congress Keynote Lecture. The use of electromyography in applied physiology

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-381

  Moritani, Toshio ^a   Yoshitake, Yasuhide ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMG frequency analysis; Fatigue; H reflex; Motor control; Motor units

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032170315     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(98)00018-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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