Measurement of voluntary activation of fresh and fatigued human muscles using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 661-671

  Todd, Gabrielle ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 0141746248     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.044099     Document Type: Article

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