Coherence of EMG activity and single motor unit discharge patterns in human rhythmical force production

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-310

  Sosnoff, Jacob J ^a   Vaillancourt, David E ^b   Larsson, Lars ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; EMG; Force tremor; Motor unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOELECTRICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 13444270422     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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