Motor unit recruitment and rate coding in response to fatiguing shoulder abductions and subsequent recovery

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 190-199

  Jensen, B R ^a   Pilegaard, M ^a   Sjogaard G ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Fatigue; Motor control; Shoulder; Voluntary prolonged contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SHOULDER; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WORKLOAD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 0034536877     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210000278     Document Type: Article

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