Torque-based triggering improves stimulus timing precision in activation tests

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-133

  Krishnan, Chandramouli ^a   Allen, Eric J ^a   Williams, Glenn N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central activation ratio; Electric stimulation; ITT; Quadriceps; Strength testing; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STIMULUS; TORQUE; VOLUNTEER;

AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 67650246374     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21279     Document Type: Article

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