Neuromuscular fatigue development during maximal concentric and isometric knee extensions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 780-785

  Babault, Nicolas ^a,b   Desbrosses, Kevin ^b,c   Fabre, Marie Sophie ^b   Michaut, Anne ^d   Pousson, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^d Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Evoked contractions; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; INNERVATION; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLIABILITY; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 33645806317     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00737.2005     Document Type: Article

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