Twitch interpolation of the elbow flexor muscles at high forces

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 318-328

  Allen, Gabrielle M ^a,b   McKenzie, David K ^a,b   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maximal voluntary contraction; Muscle contraction; Voluntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; TORQUE;

EID: 0031882585     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<318::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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