Variable frequency trains enhance torque independent of stimulation amplitude

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Slade, Jill M ^a,c   Bickel, C S ^a,c   Warren, G L ^b   Dudley, G A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch like property; Electrical stimulation; Muscle fatigue; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FAST MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 0037229485     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2002.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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