Dynamic force responses in electrically stimulated triceps surae muscles: Effects of fatigue and temperature

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 436-439

  Rafolt, Dietmar ^a   Gallasch, Eugen ^b   Mayr, Winfried ^a   Lanmüller, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ankle dynamometer; Dynamic force response; Electrical stimulation; Muscle contractility; Muscle fatigue; Plantar flexion; Unfused tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANKLE DYNAMOMETER; DYNAMIC FORCE RESPONSE; DYNAMIC FORCES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FORCE RESPONSE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUES; PLANTAR FLEXION; UNFUSED TETANI;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE RELATED PHENOMENA; TETANY;

EID: 0032991830     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06373.x     Document Type: Article

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