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Fatigue patterns of flexor and extensor muscle groups about weight-bearing and nonweight-bearing joints of humans

Creator:

French, Stephen Neil

Abstract:

Forty-eight young adult males were ranked on the basis of mean hand-grip strength scores and the middle one-third, the medium strength range, were chosen as subjects. These sixteen subjects were given 30 serial trials in each of four tests; knee flexion, knee extension, elbow flexion, and elbow extension. Each trial...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
An electromyographic approach to motor unit activity during sustained isometric contractions

Creator:

Kauffman, Leonard Alvin

Abstract:

Eight male college students served as subjects in an investigation to establish a procedural model for research of individual motor units during sustained isometric contractions. Teca TE-4 electromyograph system with needle electrode provided electrical potential recordings from active muscle fibers in the right biceps. Various experimental procedures were tested to...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis