Relationship between transcranial magnetic stimulation and percutaneous electrical stimulation in determining the quadriceps central activation ratio

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 986-996

  Norte, Grant E ^a   Pietrosimone, Brian G ^b   Hart, Joseph M ^a   Hertel, Jay ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst Superimposition; Knee; Voluntary Quadriceps Activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; LEG; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79957748398     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181f1c00e     Document Type: Article

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