Comparison of neuromuscular adjustments associated with sustained isometric contractions of four different muscle groups

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1426-1434

  Neyroud, Daria ^a   Rüttimann, Jennifer ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^b   Millet, Guillaume Y ^c   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b   Kayser, Bengt ^a   Place, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; Endurance time; Fatigue; Maximal voluntary contraction; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE TIME; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THUMB;

CONTRACTILE PROPERTIES; ENDURANCE TIME; FATIGUE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELBOW; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; THUMB;

EID: 84878566643     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01539.2012     Document Type: Article

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