Investigation of the relationship between stimulus parameters and a human muscle contraction force during stimulation of the gastrocnemius muscle

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-135

  Kaczmarek, Piotr ^a   Huber, Juliusz ^b   Lisiński, Przemysław ^b   Witkowska, Alicja ^b   Kasiński, Andrzej ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Gastrocnemius muscle; Human; Muscle force; Neuromuscular; Stimulus parameters

Indexed keywords

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

CONTRACTION FORCE; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR; STIMULUS PARAMETER; STIMULUS PATTERN;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 77149179079     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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