A portable vibrator for muscle performance enhancement by means of direct muscle tendon stimulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-522

  Luo, Jin ^a,b   McNamara, Brian P ^a   Moran, Kieran ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Frequency; Muscle; Stimulation; Tendon; Vibration; Vibration training

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FREQUENCIES;

ECCENTRIC MASS SYSTEM; STRAPPING FORCE; VIBRATION STIMULATION;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TENDONS; VIBRATION;

EID: 21244459460     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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