Motor unit discharge rate is not associated with muscle relaxation time in sustained submaximal contractions in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-28

  Garland, S J ^a   Griffin, L ^a   Ivanova, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motoneuron; Muscle fatigue; Tetanic force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031566006     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00885-9     Document Type: Article

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