The effects of voluntary contraction effort on quadriceps femoris electromyogram median frequency in humans: A muscle and sex comparison

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 448-455

  Pincivero, Danny M ^a   Coelho, Alan J ^b   Campy, Robert M ^b   Salfetnikov, Yuliya ^b   Bright, Ashley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Median frequency of electromyogram; Rectus femoris; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THIGH; TORQUE;

EID: 0036934170     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0658-5     Document Type: Article

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