Low-frequency fatigue at maximal and submaximal muscle contractions

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Baptista, R R ^a,b   Scheeren, E M ^c,d   Macintosh, B R ^e   Vaz, Marco A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d Universidade de Tuiuti do Paraná   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentric contractions; Eccentric contractions; Electrical stimulation; Knee extensor torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 65549121566     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009000400011     Document Type: Article

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