Effects of Force Modulation on Large Muscles during Human Cycling
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Setup
2.2. Signal Processing and Segmentation
2.3. Signal Averaging
2.4. Cycling Phase Decomposition
2.5. Evaluated Parameters
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Costa-García, Á.; Úbeda, A.; Shimoda, S. Effects of Force Modulation on Large Muscles during Human Cycling. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111537
Costa-García Á, Úbeda A, Shimoda S. Effects of Force Modulation on Large Muscles during Human Cycling. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(11):1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111537
Chicago/Turabian StyleCosta-García, Álvaro, Andrés Úbeda, and Shingo Shimoda. 2021. "Effects of Force Modulation on Large Muscles during Human Cycling" Brain Sciences 11, no. 11: 1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111537