Robert W. Smith, Terry J. Housh, John Paul V. Anders, Tyler J. Neltner, Jocelyn E. Arnett, Dolores G. Ortega, Richard J. Schmidt and Glen O. Johnson. Torque and Neuromuscular Responses are not Joint Angle Dependent During a Sustained, Isometric Task Anchored to a High Perceptual Intensity.
. 2022; 10(2):29-39. doi: 10.12691/AJSSM-10-2-1
perception, exertion, fatigue, torque, electromyography, mechanomyography
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