The effect of postactivation potentiation on the mechanomyogram

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Shima, Norihiro ^a   Rice, Charles L ^b   Ota, Yoichi ^c   Yabe, Kyonosuke ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

EMG; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; MMG; Plantar flexion; Twitch potentiation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIAL NERVE; TORQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 29544434144     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0053-0     Document Type: Article

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