Mechanomyographic and electromyographic responses to stimulated and voluntary contractions in the dorsiflexors of young and old men

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-378

  Shima, Norihiro ^a   McNeil, Chris J ^b   Rice, Charles L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Mechanomyogram; Tibialis anterior muscle; Twitch potentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 33847634788     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20704     Document Type: Article

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