Muscle stiffness at different force levels measured with two myotonometric devices

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-78

  Jarocka, Ewa ^a   Marusiak, Jarosaw ^a   Kumorek, Martyna ^a   Jaskólska, Anna ^a   Jaskólski, Artur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

brachioradialis muscle; muscle tone; myotonometer; stiffness

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MUSCLE;

AREAS UNDER THE CURVES; AT RESTS; BRACHIORADIALI MUSCLE; FORCE LEVEL; MEAN AGES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTONOMETER; QUANTITATIVE METHOD;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84255183047     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/1/65     Document Type: Article

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