Coupling of antagonistic ankle muscles during co-contraction in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 282-292

  Hansen, S ^a   Hansen, N L ^a   Christensen, L O D ^a   Petersen, N T ^a   Nielsen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Co contraction; Coherence; Motor unit synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0036381938     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-002-1152-3     Document Type: Article

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