The muscle sound properties of different muscle fiber types during voluntary and electrically induced contractions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-217

  Yoshitake, Yasuhide ^a   Moritani, Toshio ^a  

^a Kyoto University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Motor units; Soundmyogram; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND;

EID: 0032956276     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(98)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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