Changes in motor unit estimates with aging

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Galea, V ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Denervation; Motor unit estimates; Motor units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029958845     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199605000-00010     Document Type: Article

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