Fatigue effects on motor unit activity daring submaximal contractions

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1211-1216

  Conwit, Robin A ^a   Stashuk, Dan ^d   Suzuki, Hiromasa ^e   Lynch, Nicole ^c   Schrager, Matthew ^c   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Electromyography; Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0033847757     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.6975     Document Type: Article

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