Incomplete recovery of voluntary isometric force after fatigue is not affected by old age

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1156-1167

  Allman, Brian L ^a   Rice, Charles L ^b  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Low frequency fatigue; M wave; Muscle activation; Task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; VOLITION;

EID: 0034883256     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1127     Document Type: Article

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