What does MVC stand for?

Maximum Voluntary Contraction

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Maximum Voluntary Contraction The subjects were carefully instructed to contract the knee extensors (quadriceps femoris muscle) "as fast and hard as possible.

Changes in Maximum Muscle Strength and Rapid Muscle Force ...

24) The burst superimposition technique used an 11-pulse (600-microsecond pulse duration, 135 V), 100-Hz train to stimulate the muscles while subjects performed a maximum voluntary contraction of their quadriceps femoris muscle.

Using customized rate-coding and recruitment strategies to maintain ...

To normalize the EMG signals, we recorded maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of knee extensors/ flexors while the right knee of the subject was fixed at 45[degrees] of flexion.

Leg stiffness and electromyography of knee extensors/flexors: ...

29) When assessing muscle strength, the person being tested is asked to attempt to perform a maximum voluntary contraction of the specific muscle.

Evaluation of female pelvic-floor muscle function and strength

The reference voluntary contraction of combined CCF and cervical flexion selected for normalization of EMG amplitude was not a true maximum voluntary contraction.

An electromyographic analysis of the deep cervical flexor muscles in ...

These researchers found that the 50th percentile of the EMG signals for the FDS muscle was approximately 7% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC), which means that 50% of the root-mean-square (RMS) EMG data points were under 7% MVC.

Effect of computer keyboard slope on wrist position and forearm ...

Kots is reported to have advocated a stimulus regimen for increasing muscle force that he claimed was able to increase the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) of elite athletes by up to 40%.

Russian electrical stimulation: the early experiments. (Perspective)

The twitch-interpolation technique involves delivering single electrical pulses to a muscle when the subject is at rest and while the subject attempts to produce a maximum voluntary contraction (MVC).

Maximum Voluntary Activation in Nonfatigued and Fatigued Muscle of ...