Effect of gender, age, fatigue and contraction level on electromechanical delay

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1700-1706

  Yavuz, Ş Utku ^a   Şendemir Ürkmez, Aylin ^a   Türker, Kemal S ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Contraction level; Electromechanical delay; Fatigue; Gender; M wave; Supramaximal stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77956179378     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.039     Document Type: Article

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