Variations in the relationship between the frequency content of EMG signals and the rate of torque development in voluntary and elicited contractions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 137-145

  Bilodeau, Martin ^a   Houck, Jeff ^a   Cuddeford, Tyler ^a   Sharma, Shreela ^a   Riley, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow flexor muscles; Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Mean power frequency; Rate of torque development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0036216578     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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