Motor unit activation order during electrically evoked contractions of paralyzed or partially paralyzed muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 797-804

  Thomas, Christine K ^a   Nelson, Gary ^a   Than, Lara ^a   Zijdewind, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Motor unit recruitment; Muscle fatigue; Muscle paralysis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0036263246     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10111     Document Type: Article

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