Muscle fatigue during intermittent isokinetic shoulder abduction: Age effects and utility of electromyographic measures

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1110-1126

  Yassierli, ^a   Nussbaum, M A ^b,c  

^a BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b State University   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Electromyography; Intermittent exercise; Isokinetic strength; Muscle fatigue; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; KINETIC THEORY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC MEASURES; INTERMITTENT EXERCISE; INTERMITTENT ISOKINETIC SHOULDER ABDUCTION; ISOKINETIC STRENGTH; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

MUSCLE;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249705791     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701308716     Document Type: Article

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