Changes in motor unit characteristics after eccentric elbow flexor exercise

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-429

  Piitulainen, H ^a   Holobar, A ^b,c   Avela, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exercise induced muscle damage; Mean muscle fiber conduction velocity; Motor unit discharge rate; Muscle cell membrane; Muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861447023     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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