Reliability of a simple method for determining muscle fiber conduction velocity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-265

  McIntosh, KYLE C D ^a   Gabriel, David A ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intraclass correlation coefficient; Isometric dorsiflexion; Maximal and submaximal voluntary contractions; Reproducibility; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855839279     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22268     Document Type: Article

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