Recovery of hand grip strength and hand steadiness after exhausting manual stretcher carriage

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-599

  Leyk, D ^a,b   Rohde, U ^a   Erley, O ^a   Gorges, W ^a   Wunderlich, M ^b   Ruther T ^b   Essfeld, D ^b  

^a BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hand grip strength; Load carriage; Manual coordination; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXHAUSTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAIT; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFTING EFFORT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KINETICS; LIFTING; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33645743128     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0126-0     Document Type: Article

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