Muscle activation during exercise in severe acute hypoxia: Role of absolute and relative intensity

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 472-482

  Torres Peralta, Rafael ^a   Losa Reyna, José ^a   González Izal, Miriam ^b   Perez Suarez, Ismael ^a   Calle Herrero, Jaime ^a   Izquierdo, Mikel ^b   Calbet, José A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

electromyogram; exercise; fatigue; human; hypoxia; median frequency; root mean square

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BREATHING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ENDURANCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919653825     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2014.1027     Document Type: Article

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