Consistency of rapid muscle force characteristics: Influence of muscle contraction onset detection methodology

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-900

  Thompson, Brennan J ^a   Ryan, Eric D ^b   Herda, Trent J ^c   Costa, Pablo B ^d   Walter, Ashley A ^e   Sobolewski, Eric J ^b   Cramer, Joel T ^f  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Force time curve; Muscle strength; Plantar flexors; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84868213608     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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