Activation among the elbow flexor muscles differs when maintaining arm position during a fatiguing contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2439-2447

  Hunter, Sandra K ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^b   MacGillis, Carol J ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Fluctuations in acceleration; Sex; Task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0038516882     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01038.2002     Document Type: Article

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