Mechanomyographic responses during voluntary ramp contractions of the human first dorsal interosseous muscle

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-525

  Akataki, Kumi ^a   Mita, Katsumi ^a,b   Watakabe, Makoto ^a   Itoh, Kunihiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii muscle; First dorsal interosseous muscle; Mechanomyogram; Motor unit activation strategy; Ramp contractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VOLITION;

EID: 0041326452     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0835-1     Document Type: Article

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