Twitch potentiation induced by stimulated and voluntary isometric contractions at various torque levels in human knee extensor muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 360-366

  Miyamoto, Naokazu ^a   Yanai, Toshimasa ^a   Kawakami, Yasuo ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

M wave; Muscle fatigue; Percutaneous electrical stimulation; Quadriceps; Twitch peak torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951875868     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21871     Document Type: Article

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