Fluctuations in motor output during steady contractions are weakly related across contraction types and between hands

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 741-750

  Shinohara, Minoru ^a   Keenan, Kevin G ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisometric contraction; Electromyogram; Isometric contraction; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 19544376642     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20326     Document Type: Article

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