Measurement of central activation failure of the quadriceps femoris in healthy adults

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1954 • 1,424 citations

Changes in muscle contractile properties and neural control during human muscular fatigue

1984 • 992 citations

Supraspinal factors in human muscle fatigue: evidence for suboptimal output from the motor cortex.

1996 • 662 citations

Extent of motor unit activation during effort

1981 • 577 citations

Reliability of measurements of muscle strength and voluntary activation using twitch interpolation

1995 • 558 citations

Fatigue of intermittent submaximal voluntary contractions: central and peripheral factors

1986 • 529 citations

Quantitation of central activation failure during maximal voluntary contractions in humans

1996 • 368 citations

Laxity, instability, and functional outcome after ACL injury: copers versus noncopers

1999 • 335 citations

Reflex inhibition of the quadriceps femoris muscle after injury or reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament.

1994 • 313 citations

Muscle inactivation: assessment of interpolated twitch technique

1996 • 304 citations

Clinical and experimental application of the percutaneous twitch superimposition technique for the study of human muscle activation.

1986 • 301 citations

Specific strength and voluntary muscle activation in young and elderly women and men

1999 • 290 citations

Quadriceps muscle strength, contractile properties, and motor unit firing rates in young and old men

1999 • 263 citations

Effects of stimulation intensity on the physiological responses of human motor units

1995 • 184 citations

MUSCLE PERFORMANCE, VOLUNTARY ACTIVATION, TWITCH PROPERTIES AND PERCEIVED EFFORT IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PATIENTS WITH THE CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

1991 • 176 citations

Activation of human muscles at short muscle lengths during maximal static efforts.

1988 • 175 citations

Older adults can maximally activate the biceps brachii muscle by voluntary command

1998 • 152 citations

Fatigability of human quadriceps femoris muscle following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

1993 • 133 citations

Older Adults Exhibit a Reduced Ability to Fully Activate Their Biceps Brachii Muscle

1999 • 119 citations

Are humans able to voluntarily elicit maximum muscle force?

1994 • 117 citations

Carrier lifetime measurements using free carrier absorption transients. II. Lifetime mapping and effects of surface recombination

1998 • 115 citations

Extent of muscle inhibition as a function of knee angle

1997 • 110 citations

Superimposed single impulse and pulse train electrical stimulation: A quantitative assessment during submaximal isometric knee extension in young, healthy men

1999 • 92 citations

Voluntary activation of human quadriceps during and after isokinetic exercise

1991 • 90 citations

Muscle activation level during maximal voluntary effort

1995 • 73 citations

The twitch interpolation technique for the estimation of true quadricepsmuscle strength

1997 • 51 citations

Noninvasive measures of central and peripheral activation in human muscle fatigue

1997 • 35 citations