Acute effect of percutaneous electrical stimulation of knee extensor muscles on isokinetic torque and power production performance

Isokinetics and Exercise Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-209

  Requena, B ^c   Gapeyeva, H ^a,b   Ereline, J ^a,b   Paasuke M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Isokinetic strength; Knee extensors; Posttetanic potentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 36048945655     PISSN: 09593020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ies-2007-0274     Document Type: Article

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