Spatial distribution of active muscle fibre characteristics in the upper trapezius muscle and its dependency on contraction level and duration

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 372-381

  Holtermann, Andreas ^a   Grönlund, Christer ^b,c   Stefan Karlsson, J ^b,c   Roeleveld, Karin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Inhomogeneous activation; Multi channel surface EMG; Muscle architecture; Muscle fibre conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKIN SURFACE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949099492     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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