Neuromuscular control of physiological tremor during elastic load

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Takanokura, Masato ^a   Sakamoto, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence spectrum; Electromyogram (EMG); Power spectrum; Stretch reflex; Supraspinal system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; OSCILLATION; TREMOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ELASTICITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POSTURE; TREMOR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 17444412690     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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