Effects of fatigue on intermuscular common drive to the quadriceps femoris

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 574-582

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Stock, Matt S ^a   Defreitas, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Electromyography; Isometric; Quadriceps femoris

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866368461     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.693997     Document Type: Article

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