Central fatigue in continuous and intermittent contractions of triceps brachii

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-213

  Bilodeau, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Electromyography; Muscle fatigue; Torque; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ARM; ELBOW; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746774710     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20572     Document Type: Article

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