title: A method of measuring the conduction velocity of action potentials in a statically loaded muscle.
abstract: Basic ideas underlying a method and construction of an instrument for measuring the conduction velocity of action potentials in a statically loaded muscle are described. Periodical fadings in the power spectrum density of the EMG signal and the dependence of the position of these fadings on the conduction velocity of action potentials in a muscle are used. Usefulness of the described method and measuring instrument is discussed with respect to their application for evaluating localized muscle fatigue.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*