Decreased EMG median frequency during a second bout of eccentric contractions

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 820-829

  Warren, Gordon L ^a   Hermann, Karl M ^b   Ingalls, Christopher P ^b   Masselli, Maria R ^b   Armstrong, R B ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Motor unit recruitment; Muscle; Muscle force; Muscle injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0033998389     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200004000-00015     Document Type: Article

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