Human motor unit recruitment and derecruitment during long lasting intermittent contractions

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-196

  Christova, Peka ^a   Kossev, Andon ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Isometric ramp and hold contraction; Motor unit discharge pattern; Muscle fatigue; Recruitment derecruitment threshold

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VOLUNTEER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035027540     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(00)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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