A comparison of critical force and electromyographic fatigue threshold for isometric muscle actions of the forearm flexors

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-342

  Hendrix, C Russell ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Weir, Joseph P ^b   Beck, Travis W ^c   Malek, Moh H ^d   Mielke, Michelle ^a   Schmidt, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical force (CF); Electromyographic fatigue threshold (EMGFT); EMG amplitude; Time to exhaustion (Tlim)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249099643     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0895-3     Document Type: Article

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