Effect of skin temperature on RMS amplitude of electromyogram and mechanomyogram during voluntary isometric contraction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-160

  Mito, Kazuyuki ^a   Kitahara, Satoshi ^a   Tamura, Takahiro ^a   Kaneko, Kenichi ^b   Sakamoto, Kazuyoshi ^a   Shimizu, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b Fuji University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii muscle; Contractile properties; Cooling; EMG; Heating; MMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADULT; ARM; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249828969     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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