A new EMG frequency-based fatigue threshold test

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Hendrix, C Russell ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Mielke, Michelle ^a   Camic, Clayton L ^a   Zuniga, Jorge M ^a   Schmidt, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical torque (CT); Discrete Fourier transform (DFT); Electromyographic mean power frequency (EMG MPF); EMG MPF fatigue threshold (EMG MPFFT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXHAUSTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349149605     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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