Low-threshold motor unit membrane properties vary with contraction intensity during sustained activation with surface EMG visual feedback

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1505-1515

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

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyogram; Firing rate; Linear electrode arrays; Motor unit control; Muscle fiber conduction velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642270491     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01047.2003     Document Type: Article

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