Validity of surface electromyography for vastus intermedius muscle assessed by needle electromyography

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 332-335

  Watanabe, Kohei ^a,b   Akima, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isometric contraction; Knee extension; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEEDLE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79957744630     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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