The effects of interelectrode distance on electromyographic amplitude and mean power frequency during incremental cycle ergometry

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-147

  Malek, Moh H ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Coburn, Jared W ^a   Weir, Joseph P ^b   Schmidt, Richard J ^a   Beck, Travis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic fitness; Electrode arrangement; EMG signal; Fatigue; Motor unit recruitment; Neuromuscular response; SENIAM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644533552     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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