Changes in single motor unit behaviour contribute to the increase in contraction speed after dynamic training in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 295-305

  Van Cutsem, Michaël ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a   Hainaut, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIME; TORQUE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0032534022     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.295by.x     Document Type: Article

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