What is the optimal repetition number in electromyographic reaction time studies?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 754-758

  Günendi, Zafer ^a   Taskiran, Ozden Ozyemisci ^a   Beyazova, Mehmet ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Learning; Practice; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC REACTION TIME; FLEXOR DIGITORUM SUPERFICIALIS MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECORDING; VOLUNTEER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 21444452300     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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