Mechanomyographic responses of the superficial quadriceps femoris muscles to incremental isometric muscle actions

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-102

  Coburn, J W ^a   Malek, M H ^b   Brown, L E ^a   Zinder, S M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 41449118323     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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