Sex differences in mechanomyographic responses to voluntary isometric contractions

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1311-1316

  Nonaka, Hisako ^a   Mita, Katsumi ^b,c   Akataki, Kumi ^d   Watakabe, Makoto ^e   Itoh, Yasushi ^f  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Mechanomyogram; Ramp contractions; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SEX FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 33745834361     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000227317.31470.16     Document Type: Article

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