Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1700-1706 , October 2010

Effect of gender, age, fatigue and contraction level on electromechanical delay

  • Ş. Utku Yavuz

      Affiliations

    • Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Izmir, Turkey
    • Ege University, Center for Brain Research, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Aylin Şendemir-Ürkmez

      Affiliations

    • Ege University, Center for Brain Research, Izmir, Turkey
    • Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Kemal S. Türker

      Affiliations

    • Ege University, Center for Brain Research, Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Marie Curie Chair of the European Union, Ege University Center for Brain Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Tel.: +902323901810.

,Accepted 31 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2009.10.039

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 10 , Pages 1700-1706 , October 2010

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