Non-invasive assessment of muscle fiber conduction velocity during an incremental maximal cycling test

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Sbriccoli, Paola ^a,c   Sacchetti, Massimo ^a,c   Felici, Francesco ^a,c   Gizzi, Leonardo ^a   Lenti, Mauro ^a   Scotto, Alessandro ^a   De Vito, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c IIM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyclism; Maximal aerobic power; Muscle fiber conduction velocity; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBER CONDUCTION VELOCITY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WORKLOAD;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 70350567731     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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