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Nicolas Royer1,2, Kazunori Nosaka3, Valentin Doguet1

  • 1Movement - Interactions - Performance, MIP, EA 4334, University of Nantes, 25 bis Boulevard Guy Mollet, F-44000, Nantes, France.

European Journal of Applied Physiology
|September 30, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
Delayed onset muscle sorenessDoublet propertiesEMGElectrical stimulationMaximal voluntary contractionVoluntary activation

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