Effect of load level and muscle pain intensity on the motor control of elbow-flexion movements

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 168-175

  Ervilha, Ulysses Fernandes ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Duarte, Marcos ^b   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Movement strategy; Pointing movement; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC;

EID: 3042815922     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1083-8     Document Type: Article

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