The effects of interelectrode distance on electromyographic amplitude and mean power frequency during isokinetic and isometric muscle actions of the biceps brachii

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 482-495

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a,e,f,g,h   Johnson, Glen O ^a,e,f   Weir, Joseph P ^b,e,i   Cramer, Joel T ^c,d   Coburn, Jared W ^a,d   Malek, Moh H ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d National Strength and Conditioning Association   (United States)

^e American College of Sports Medicine   (United States)

^f Research Consortium of AAHPERD

^g National Strength and Conditioning Association ^*

^h EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Greece)

ⁱ American Autonomic Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Interelectrode distance; Isokinetic torque; Isometric torque; Normalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 20444391057     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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