Muscle activation in unilateral and bilateral efforts assessed by motor nerve and cortical stimulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1351-1356

  Herbert, R D ^b   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

maximal voluntary contraction; motor cortex; twitch interpolation; voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029887949     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1351     Document Type: Article

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