Asymmetry of force fluctuation during low-intensity isometric plantar flexison

Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Oshita, Kazushige ^a   Yano, Sumio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Force fluctuation; Physiological tremor; Plantar flexor

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; FORCE FLUCTUATION; FORCE FLUCTUATIONS; FORCE MATCHING; FORCE SIGNAL; LOW-INTENSITY; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL TREMOR; PLANTAR FLEXOR; RIGHT AND LEFT; STANDARD DEVIATION; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORCE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; POWER SPECTRUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR;

EID: 79957810077     PISSN: 18814379     EISSN: 1347443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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