Reliability of mechanomyographic amplitude and mean power frequency during isometric step and ramp muscle actions

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-109

  Herda, Trent J ^a   Ryan, Eric D ^a   Beck, Travis W ^a   Costa, Pablo B ^a   DeFreitas, Jason M ^a   Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanomyography; Ramp; Reliability; Step

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 42749085039     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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