Fatigue reduces the complexity of knee extensor torque fluctuations during maximal and submaximal intermittent isometric contractions in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 593, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2085-2096

  Pethick, Jamie ^a   Winter, Samantha L ^a   Burnley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENTROPY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927697013     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2015.284380     Document Type: Article

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