Fatigue-associated changes in the electromyogram of the human first dorsal interosseous muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1432-1436

  Zijdewind, Inge ^a   Zwarts, Machiel J ^b   Kernell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential (M wave); Fatigue; First dorsal interosseous muscle (FDI); Voluntary electromyogram (EMG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032859352     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199910)22:10<1432::AID-MUS14>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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