Electrical and mechanical response of skeletal muscle to electrical stimulation after acute passive stretching in humans: A combined electromyographic and mechanomyographic approach

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1567-1577

  Cè, Emiliano ^a   Paracchino, Elena ^a   Esposito, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Isometric contraction; Mechanomyogram; Muscle tendon unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249084090     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802277429     Document Type: Article

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