Oscillations in the power spectra of motor unit signals caused by refractoriness variations

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-185

  Hu, X L ^a   Tong, K Y ^a   Hung, L K ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NEUROLOGY; REFRACTORY MATERIALS;

MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION (MVC); MOTOR UNIT SIGNALS; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION FAILURE (NTF); POWER SPECTRA;

OSCILLATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; THEORETICAL MODEL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 19044392275     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/1/3/007     Document Type: Article

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