Time to failure of a sustained contraction is predicted by target torque and initial electromyographic bursts in elbow flexor muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-666

  Rudroff, Thorsten ^a   Christou, Evangelos A ^a   Poston, Brach ^a   Bojsen Møller, Jens ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEAM DANMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Forearm posture; Muscle fatigue; Static exercise; Target torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 34247568296     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20752     Document Type: Article

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