Motor unit control properties in constant-force isometric contractions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1503-1516

  De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b   Foley, Patrick J ^a   Erim, Zeynep ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WRIST;

EID: 0029763976     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1503     Document Type: Article

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