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Definition of Ergograph
1. n. An instrument for measuring and recording the work done by a single muscle or set of muscles, the rate of fatigue, etc.
Definition of Ergograph
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Medical Definition of Ergograph
1. An instrument for recording the amount of work done by muscular contractions, or the amplitude of contraction. Origin: ergo-+ G. Grapho, to write Mosso's ergograph, an instrument consisting of pulleys, weights, and a recording lever, which is used to obtain a graphic record of flexion of a finger, hand, or arm. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ergograph
Literary usage of Ergograph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"It should be borne in mind, however, that the ergograph in this form does not
enable us to compute the total work that the muscle is capable of performing. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"FATIGUE IN SCHOOL CHILDREN AS TESTED BT THE ergograph. ... The ergograph, which
aims to use only one muscle and to exercise it until fatigue is produced, ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"A NEW TYPE OF ergograph, WITH A DISCUSSION OF ... or Mosso ergograph for the
study of the action of isolated muscles or single muscle groups and ending with ..."
4. Brightness and Dullness in Children by Herbert Hollingworth Woodrow (1919)
"An older and better known test of the ability to persist in an effort in spite
of fatigue is the ergograph test. By means of somewhat elaborate apparatus, ..."
5. Mental Fatigue: A Comprehensive Exposition of the Nature of Mental Fatigue by Max Offner (1911)
"The ergograph. Having these difficulties in mind, Mosso constructed, on the plan
of Helmholtz's myo- graph, a new instrument, ..."
6. Studies in Voluntary Muscular Contraction ...: Part 1.--Some Forms of by Thomas Andrew Storey (1904)
"Third Type of ergograph.1 changes in the speed of the movement resulting from
the contraction of voluntary muscle in response to electrical and voluntary ..."
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