Factors responsible for force steadiness impairment with fatigue

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1019-1032

  Missenard, Olivier ^a   Mottet, Denis ^a   Perrey, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical muscle stimulation; Electromyography; Force variability; Muscle activation; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 71549133362     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21331     Document Type: Article

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