Differential changes in myoelectric characteristics of slow and fast fatigable frog muscle fibres during long-lasting activity

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-141

  Vydevska Chichova, M ^a   Mileva, K ^b   Radicheva, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b Faculty of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracellular action potential; Median frequency; Muscle fibre stretch; Muscle fibre types; Peripheral fatigue; Power spectrum; Propagation velocity of excitation; Stimulation frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FROG; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYOELECTRICITY; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANURA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH;

EID: 33846813599     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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