Piper rhythm in the activation of the gastrocnemius medialis during running

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-183

  Stirling, Lisa M ^a   von Tscharner, Vinzenz ^a   Kugler, Patrick ^b   Nigg, Benno M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EMG; Running; Time frequency analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PIPER RHYTHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHMICITY; RUNNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651066208     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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