Effects of the forearm support band on wrist extensor muscle fatigue

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 677-685

  Knebel, Paula T ^a,d   Avery, Damien W ^b   Gebhardt, Terry L ^a   Koppenhaver, Shane L ^a   Allison, Stephen C ^c   Bryan, Jean M ^c   Kelly, Ada ^c  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearm support band; Lateral epicondylitis; Median power spectral frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; TENNIS ELBOW; WRIST;

EID: 0032706175     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1999.29.11.677     Document Type: Article

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