Effects of Velocity on Electromyographic, Mechanomyographic, and Torque Responses to Repeated Eccentric Muscle Actions

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1743-1751

  Hill, Ethan C ^a   Housh, Terry J ^a   Camic, Clayton L ^b   Smith, Cory M ^a   Cochrane, Kristen C ^a   Jenkins, Nathaniel D M ^a   Cramer, Joel T ^a   Schmidt, Richard J ^a   Johnson, Glen O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; isokinetic; MMG; motor control; muscle damage; muscle fatigue

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORQUE;

EID: 84973360070     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001266     Document Type: Article

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