Longitudinal study of the contractile and electrical properties of single human thenar motor units

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 839-849

  Chan, K Ming ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^b   Andres, Leonard P ^c   Porter, Michelle M ^c   Brown, Timothy ^b   Brown, William F ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Human; Motor neurons; Motor units; Muscle contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031776629     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199807)21:7<839::AID-MUS1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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