Spatial EMG potential distribution pattern of vastus lateralis muscle during isometric knee extension in young and elderly men

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Watanabe, Kohei ^a,b   Kouzaki, Motoki ^a   Merletti, Roberto ^c   Fujibayashi, Mami ^a,d   Moritani, Toshio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Knee extensor; Multi channel surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENTROPY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84155195205     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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