Fatigability of motor units estimated by changes in work performed during their repetitive stimulation during the fatigue test

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-43

  Celichowski, Jan ^a   Grottel, Kazimierz ^a   Bichler, Edyta ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contraction; Motor units; Resistance to fatigue; Tension time area; Work

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TETANIC SPASM;

ANIMALS; EXERTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033025458     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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