Effect of mental fatigue on induced tremor in human knee extensors

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 412-418

  Budini, Francesco ^a   Lowery, Madeleine ^a   Durbaba, Rade ^b   De Vito, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loop gain; Mental fatigue; Spring load; Stretch reflex; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREMOR; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

LOOP GAIN; MENTAL FATIGUE; SPRING LOAD; STRETCH REFLEX; TREMOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; TREMOR;

EID: 84899993112     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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