Mechanomyographic amplitude and mean power frequency responses during isometric ramp vs. step muscle actions

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-305

  Ryan, Eric D ^a   Beck, Travis W ^b   Herda, Trent J ^a   Hartman, Michael J ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Housh, Terry J ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inter individual variability; Mechanomyography; MMG; Rectus femoris; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 38749108527     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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