The influence of contraction amplitude and firing history on spike-triggered averaged trapezius motor unit potentials

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 562, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 965-975

  Westad, C ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PARAMETERS; FIRING RATE; HENNEMAN SIZE PRINCIPLE; MOTOR UNIT SYNCHRONY; PERISTIMULUS TIME HISTOGRAM; SPIKE TRIGGERED AVERAGED TECHNIQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 13844281610     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.076000     Document Type: Article

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