Effects of fatigue on the temporal neuromuscular control of vastus medialis muscle in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-385

  Yeung, Simon S ^a   Au, Ada L ^b   Chow, Cedric C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electromechanical delay; Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Premotor time; Vastus medialis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REACTION TIME; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032838102     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050607     Document Type: Article

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