EMG wavelet analysis of quadriceps muscle during repeated knee extension movement

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 788-796

  So, Raymond C H ^a,b   Ng, Joseph K F ^a   Lam, Ringo W K ^a   Lo, Cynthia K K ^b   Ng, Gabriel Y F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Sports Institute   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Knee extensors; Muscle fatigue; Surface EMG; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650091980     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31818cb4d0     Document Type: Article

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