Fatigability and variable-frequency train stimulation of human skeletal muscles

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 366-373

  Bickel, C Scott ^a   Slade, Jill M ^a   Warren, Gordon L ^b   Dudley, Gary A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchlike property; Electrical stimulation; Fatigue; Quadriceps femoris muscle; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTANT VARIABLE FREQUENCY TRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECREATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME; TORQUE;

EID: 0037381502     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.4.366     Document Type: Article

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