Mechanomyographic measures of muscle contractile properties are influenced by the duration of the stimulatory pulse

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-152

  McAndrew, Darryl J ^a   Rosser, Nicolas A D ^a   Brown, J Mark M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Mechanomyography; Muscle contractions; Stimulus duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33746444328     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: 1537064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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