Muscle endurance and power spectrum of the triceps brachii in wheelchair marathon racers with paraplegia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 511-515

  Umezu, Y ^a   Shiba, N ^a   Tajima, F ^b   Mizushima, T ^b   Okawa, H ^c   Ogata, H ^c   Nagata, K ^a   Basford, J R ^d  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Endurance; Marathon; Rehabilitation; Strength; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0042329450     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101495     Document Type: Article

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