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Biology of Sport
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Original paper

The effects of post-hypnotic suggestion on muscular performance: an EMG study on the forearm during a static handgrip endurance test

Andrea De Giorgio
1
,
Taian Vieira
2, 3
,
Cosme F. Buzzachera
4
,
Goran Kuvačić
5
,
Stefano dell’Anna
4
,
Nicola Luigi Bragazzi
6
,
Sonia Angilletta
1, 7
,
Marco Alessandria
8

  1. Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University; Novedrate, Como (Italy)
  2. Laboratory for Engineering of the Neuromuscular System, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
  3. PoliToBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
  4. Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
  5. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  6. Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
  7. A.S.D. “SportTiVà?”, Turin, Italy
  8. Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):303–311
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.147013
Online publish date: 2025/03/24
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