Reliability of neuromuscular measurements during explosive isometric contractions, with special reference to electromyography normalization techniques

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 566-576

  Buckthorpe, Matthew W ^a   Hannah, Ricci ^a   Pain, T G ^a   Folland, Jonathan P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography normalization; Explosive contractions; Rate of force development; Reliability; Surface neural activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXPLOSIVE VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SUBMAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866316669     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23322     Document Type: Article

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