Possible mechanisms of muscle cramp from temporal and spatial surface EMG characteristics

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1698-1706

  Roeleveld, K ^a,b   Van Engelen, B G M ^a   Stegeman, D F ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Motor unit potential; Surface electromyogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

EID: 0034129215     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.5.1698     Document Type: Article

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