Discharge behaviour of single motor units during maximal voluntary contractions of a human toe extensor

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 528, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 227-234

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Fuglevand, Andrew J ^a,c   Howell, John N ^a,d   Bigland Ritchie, Brenda ^a  

^a JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN CELL; LOCOMOTION; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH;

EID: 0034306339     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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