Conduction velocity of quiescent muscle fibers decreases during sustained contraction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 387-394

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

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 21544440128     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01182.2004     Document Type: Article

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