Measurement of central activation failure of the quadriceps femoris in healthy adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1706-1712

  Stackhouse, Scott K ^a   Dean, Jesse C ^a   Lee, Samuel C K ^a   Binder MacLeod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central activation; Electric stimulation; Isometric contraction; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH; VOLITION;

EID: 0033752249     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4598(200011)23:11<1706::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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