Effect of power, pedal rate, and force on average muscle fiber conduction velocity during cycling

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2035-2041

  Farina, Dario ^a,b   Macaluso, Andrea ^c   Ferguson, Richard A ^c   De Vito, Giuseppe ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic exercise; Electrode arrays; Surface electromyogram

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYCLING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FIBER CONDUCTION VELOCITY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDAL RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THIGH;

EID: 9244227082     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00606.2004     Document Type: Article

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