Single motor unit activity in relation to pulsatile motor oufput in human finger movements

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 517, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 273-285

  Wessberg, Johan ^b   Kakuda, Naoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACCELERATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; OSCILLOMETRY;

EID: 0033563184     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0273z.x     Document Type: Article

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