Comparison of quadriceps inactivation between nerve and muscle stimulation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 894-900

  Place, Nicolas ^a   Casartelli, Nicola ^b   Glatthorn, Julia F ^b   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; M wave; MVC; Potentiated doublet; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649641696     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21776     Document Type: Article

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