Electrode type and placement configuration for quadriceps activation evaluation

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 621-628

  Pietrosimone, Brian G ^a   Selkow, Noelle M ^b   Ingersoll, Christopher D ^c   Hart, Joseph M ^b   Saliba, Susan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst superimposition; Central activation ratio; Interpolated twitch technique; Knee; Motor neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84555190306     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-46.6.621     Document Type: Article

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