Motor unit recruitment strategy of antagonist muscle pair during linearly increasing contraction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Bernardi, M ^a,b,c   Solomonow, M ^a   Baratta, R V ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EMG; motor units; muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; THIGH;

EID: 0031043388     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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