EMG power frequency spectrum shifts during repeated isokinetic knee and arm movements

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 98-106

  So, Raymond ^a   Chan, Kai Ming ^b   Siu, Oswald ^c  

^a Department of the Hong Kong Sports Development Board ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Athletes; Dynamic muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS;

EID: 0036514350     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2002.10608996     Document Type: Article

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