Comparison of an accelerometer and a condenser microphone for mechanomyographic signals during measurement of agonist and antagonist muscles in sustained isometric muscle contractions: The influence of the force tremor

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-131

  Kim, Tae Kwang ^a   Shimomura, Yoshihiro ^a   Iwanaga, Koichi ^a   Katsuura, Tetsuo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Agonist; Antagonist; Condenser microphone; Fatigue; Force tremor; Mechanomyogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249147016     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.27.121     Document Type: Article

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