Human muscle fatigue, eccentric damage and coherence in the EMG

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 294-295

  Heroux M E ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

BETA RHYTHM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROSCIENCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SWELLING;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84880393781     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12133     Document Type: Editorial

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