Impaired action potential conduction at high force levels after eccentric exercise

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 879-887

  Piitulainen, Harri ^a   Bottas, Reijo ^a   Komi, Paavo ^a   Linnamo, Vesa ^a   Avela, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Exercise induced muscle damage; Muscle cell membrane; Muscle fibre conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SARCOLEMMA; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77955171532     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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