Estimation of the interplay between groups of fast and slow muscle fibers of the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscle while running

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 188-197

  Von Tscharner, V ^a   Goepfert, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Laboratory for Orthopaedic Biomechanics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Spectral decomposition; Time frequency analysis; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNNING;

EID: 31544461209     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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