Measurement and reproducibility of strength and voluntary activation of lower-limb muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 834-842

  Todd, Gabrielle ^a,b   Gorman, Robert B ^a,b   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maximal voluntary torque; Reproducibility; Triceps surae; Variability; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 2642516445     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20027     Document Type: Article

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