Gender effects on trapezius surface EMG during delayed onset muscle soreness due to eccentric shoulder exercise

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-409

  Nie, HongLing ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Kawczynski, Adam ^b   Madeleine, Pascal ^a  

^a Center of Sensory Motor Interaction   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

DOMS; Eccentric contraction; Electromyography; Gender differences; Muscle pain; Trapezius muscle

Indexed keywords

ARM EXERCISE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER;

EID: 34249776349     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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