Electromechanical delay measured during a voluntary contraction should be interpreted with caution

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 838-

  Hug, François ^a   Lacourpaille, Lilian ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 80054869351     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22139     Document Type: Letter

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