Response of electromyographic variables during incremental and fatiguing cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-344

  Macdonald, Jamie Hugo ^a,b   Farina, Dario ^c   Marcora, Samuele M ^b  

^a YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Conduction velocity; Power spectrum; Surface electromyography; Vastus lateralis; Vastus medialis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THIGH;

EID: 38349183637     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815b491e     Document Type: Article

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