Effects of temperature and fatigue on the electromechanical delay components

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 566-576

  Cè, Emiliano ^a   Rampichini, Susanna ^a   Agnello, Luca ^b   Limonta, Eloisa ^a   Veicsteinas, Arsenio ^a,b   Esposito, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooling; EMD; EMG; Isometric contraction; MMG

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875632842     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23627     Document Type: Article

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