Catchlike property of skeletal muscle: Recent findings and clinical implications

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 681-693

  Binder Macleod, Stuart ^a   Kesar, Trisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchlike inducing trains; Doublet frequency trains; Fatigue; Functional electrical stimulation; Potentiation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 19544392148     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20290     Document Type: Review

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