Assessment of low-frequency fatigue with two methods of electrical stimulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1923-1929

  Martin, V ^a   Millet, G Y ^b   Martin, A ^a   Deley, G ^a   Lattier, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Body fat percentage; Central activation; Gender; Low and high frequency electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ELECTRODE; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ELECTRODES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PAIN; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 7044264613     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00376.2004     Document Type: Article

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