Summation of elementary phonomyograms during isometric twitches in humans

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 527-535

  Petitjean, M ^a,b   Maton, B ^a   Fourment, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic myography; Isometric contraction; Motor unit recruitment; Muscle twitch; Phonomyogram and surface mechanomyogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOGRAPHY; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031745601     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050371     Document Type: Article

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