Functional coupling of motor units is modulated during walking in human subjects

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 960-968

  Halliday, D M ^a   Conway, B A ^b   Christensen, L O D ^c   Hansen, N L ^c   Petersen, N P ^c   Nielsen, J B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALKING;

EID: 0037321387     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00844.2002     Document Type: Article

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