Conduction velocity of low-threshold motor units during ischemic contractions performed with surface EMG feedback

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1487-1494

  Farina, Dario ^a   Gazzoni, Marco ^b   Camelia, Federico ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrode array; Electromyogram

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS MUSCLE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 15444367111     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01032.2004     Document Type: Article

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