The effects of accelerometer placement on mechanomyographic amplitude and mean power frequency during cycle ergometry

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 719-725

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal; Mechanomyography; Pedaling exercise; Proximal; Relationships; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952953408     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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