Time to task failure and muscle activation vary with load type for a submaximal fatiguing contraction with the lower leg

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 463-472

  Hunter, Sandra K ^a   Yoon, Tejin ^a   Farinella, Joseph ^a   Griffith, Erin E ^a   Ng, Alexander V ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist activation; Coactivation; Load compliance; Muscle fatigue; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER LEG; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KNEE; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 53449096725     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90398.2008     Document Type: Article

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