Voluntary activation of trapezius measured with twitch interpolation

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 584-590

  Taylor, Janet L ^a,b   Olsen, Henrik Baare ^c   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^c,d   Søgaard, Karen ^c,d  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maximal voluntary contraction; Shoulder; Trapezius; Twitch interpolation; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SHOULDER JOINT; VOLITION;

EID: 67349099428     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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