Reproducibility of contractile properties of the human paralysed and non-paralysed quadriceps muscle

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-113

  Gerrits, H L ^a,b   Hopman, M T E ^b   Sargeant, A J ^a,c   De Haan, A ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Contractile speed; Fatigue; Limits of agreement; Repeatability; Spinal cord injury; Tetanus; Twitch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0035108191     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2001.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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