Task-related variations in motoneuronal drive to a human intrinsic hand muscle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-142

  Zijdewind, Inge ^a   De Groot, Mark C H ^a   Kernell, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; First dorsal interosseus; Hand muscle; Maximal voluntary contractions; Motoneuronal drive; Task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0032548762     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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