Effects of stimulation frequency versus pulse duration modulation on muscle fatigue

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 662-671

  Kesar, Trisha ^a   Chou, Li Wei ^a   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional electrical stimulation (FES); Low frequency fatigue; Muscle performance; Pulse duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 45849105970     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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