Dissociated changes in fatigue resistance and characteristics of M waves and twitches in a fast muscle group after two weeks of chronic stimulation: Influence of the stimulation patterns

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 604-607

  Vuillon Cacciuttolo, Ghislaine ^a   Berthelin, Francis ^a   Jammes, Yves ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Respiratoire Intégrée et Cellulaire   (France)

Author keywords

chronic stimulation; fatigue; M wave; muscle plasticity; patterns of electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FAST MUSCLE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030890225     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199705)20:5<604::AID-MUS10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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