Characteristics of fast voluntary and electrically evoked isometric knee extensions during 56 days of bed rest with and without exercise countermeasure

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-440

  Mulder, E R ^a,b,c   Gerrits, K H L ^a,b   Rittweger, J ^d,e   Felsenberg, D ^e   Stegeman, D F ^a,b,c   de Haan, A ^a,b,d  

^a Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Force oscillation amplitude; Maximal rate of torque rise; Time course; Unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TIME; TORQUE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; BED REST; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TORQUE; VIBRATION; VOLITION;

EID: 43149105372     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0724-8     Document Type: Article

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