Contractile properties of human motor units in health, aging, and disease

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1113-1133

  Ming Chan, K ^a   Doherty, Timothy J ^b   Brown, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractile properties; Human; Motoneurons; Motor units; Neurophysiology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0034892171     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.1123     Document Type: Review

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