A mechanomyographic frequency-based fatigue threshold test

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Hendrix, C Russell ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Zuniga, Jorge M ^a   Camic, Clayton L ^a   Mielke, Michelle ^b   Johnson, Glen O ^a   Schmidt, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric leg extension; Mechanomyographic mean power frequency (MMG MPF); MMG MPF fatigue threshold (MMG MPFFT)

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FATIGUE THRESHOLD TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC LEG EXTENSION MUSCLE ACTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249093019     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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