Motor unit recruitment and discharge behavior in movements and isometric contractions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 867-874

  Ivanova, T ^a   Garland, S J ^a   Miller, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Human; Motor control; Motor unit; Single joint movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; TORQUE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TORQUE;

EID: 0030952426     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199707)20:7<867::AID-MUS11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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