Obtaining force-frequency curves with a single 3-second train of stimuli

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1332-1338

  Meyers, B M ^a   Nguyen, J ^a   Cafarelli, E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Force frequency relationship; Low frequency fatigue; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0034817275     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1152     Document Type: Article

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