Effect of gender and obesity on electrical current thresholds

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-207

  Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^a   Morelli, Andrea ^b   Martin, Alain ^c   Duclay, Julien ^c   Billot, Maxime ^c   Jubeau, Marc ^c   Agosti, Fiorenza ^d   Sartorio, Alessandro ^d  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b Mapei Sport   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Motor excitability; Pain; Quadriceps femoris; Sensory excitability; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; OBESITY; PAIN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960474659     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22050     Document Type: Article

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