Motor-unit coherence during isometric contractions is greater in a hand muscle of older adults

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1346-1349

  Semmler, John G ^a   Kornatz, Kurt W ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0041315423     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00941.2002     Document Type: Article

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