Surface EMG characteristics of people with multiple sclerosis during static contractions of the knee extensors

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Scott, Sasha M ^a   Hughes, Adrienne R ^a   Galloway, Stuart D R ^a   Hunter, Angus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maximal voluntary contraction; Muscle fibre conduction velocity; Rate of force development; Specific strength; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 78650138747     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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