Shear elastic modulus can be used to estimate an index of individual muscle force during a submaximal isometric fatiguing contraction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1353-1361

  Bouillard, Killian ^a   Hug, François ^a   Guével, Arnaud ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Electromyography; Supersonic shear imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876038924     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00858.2012     Document Type: Article

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