Fatigue effects on the electromechanical delay components during the relaxation phase after isometric contraction

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-96

  Ce E ^a,b   Rampichini, S ^a,b   Limonta, E ^a   Esposito, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Force; Latency; Mechanomyogram; Reliability; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANOMYOGRAM; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899066274     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12212     Document Type: Article

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