Recruitment Order of Motor Units in Human Vastus Lateralis Muscle Is Maintained during Fatiguing Contractions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2919-2927

  Adam, Alexander ^a   De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NeuroMuscular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0242509067     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00179.2003     Document Type: Article

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