Agonist-antagonist common drive during fatiguing knee extension efforts using surface electromyography

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-384

  Mullany, Hugh ^a   O'Malley, Mark ^a   St Clair Gibson, Alan ^b   Vaughan, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Common drive; Cross talk; Fatigue; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036804416     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(02)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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