Effect of diathermy on muscle temperature, electromyography, and mechnomyography

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 992-1004

  Mitchell, Sarah M ^a   Trowbridge, Cynthia A ^b   Fincher, A Louise ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diathermy; EMG; Heat; MMG; Musculotendinous stiffness; Therapeutic modality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIATHERMY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIATHERMY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 49449112582     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21084     Document Type: Article

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