Muscle maintenance by volitional contraction against applied electrical stimulation

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Nago, Takeshi ^a   Umezu, Yuichi ^a   Shiba, Naoto ^a   Matsuse, Hiroo ^a   Maeda, Takashi ^a   Tagawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Nagata, Kensei ^a   Basford, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric stimulation; Exercise; Muscle endurance; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 41749104578     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: 18812090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.54.35     Document Type: Article

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