The effects of training through high-frequency electrical stimulation on the physiological properties of single human thenar motor units

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-195

  Chan, K Ming ^a,c   Andres, Leonard P ^b   Polykovskaya, Yelena ^a   Brown, William F ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Human; Motor units; Muscle contraction; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032928543     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199902)22:2<186::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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