Variable-frequency trains offset low-frequency fatigue in human skeletal muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 874-882

  Russ, David W ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Electrical stimulation; Excitation contraction; Low frequency fatigue; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032806965     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199907)22:7<874::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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