Mechanomyographic and electromyographic time and frequency domain responses during submaximal to maximal isokinetic muscle actions of the biceps brachii

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-359

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Weir, Joseph P ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^c   Coburn, Jared W ^a   Malek, Moh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Isokinetic muscle actions; Mechanomyography; Motor control strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TORQUE;

EID: 4344584436     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-004-1110-9     Document Type: Article

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