The influence of age on the assessment of motor unit activation in a human hand muscle

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 805-819

  Spiegel, Karen M ^c   Stratton, Jessica ^c   Burke, Jean R ^a   Glendinning, Diana S ^c   Enoka, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029743609     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003978     Document Type: Article

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