Independence of motor unit recruitment and rate modulation during precision force control

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 643-653

  Kamen, G ^a   Du, D C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Firing rate; Motoneuron; Motor unit; Rate coding; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0032889635     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00248-6     Document Type: Article

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