High-density surface EMG study on the time course of central nervous and peripheral neuromuscular changes during 8 weeks of bed rest with or without resistive vibration exercise

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-218

  Mulder, E R ^a,b,c   Gerrits, K H L ^a,c   Kleine, B U ^a,b   Rittweger, J ^d,e   Felsenberg, D ^d   de Haan, A ^a,c,e   Stegeman, D F ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Fundamental and Clinical Human Movement Sciences   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Countermeasure; Deconditioning; Median frequency; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Simulated microgravity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BED REST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REST; SPINAL CORD; VIBRATION;

EID: 59149088365     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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