Twitch potentiation is greater after a fatiguing submaximal isometric contraction performed at short vs. long quadriceps muscle length

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 429-436

  Place, Nicolas ^a,b   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a   Ballay, Yves ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Central activation; M wave; Muscular twitch; Sustained contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE TIME; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 12344251153     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00664.2004     Document Type: Article

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