Time to task failure in shoulder elevation is associated to increase in amplitude and to spatial heterogeneity of upper trapezius mechanomyographic signals

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Farina, Dario ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Muscle fatigue; Spatial dependency; Topographical maps

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 37049037721     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0589-2     Document Type: Article

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