Motor unit behavior during clonus

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2166-2172

  Wallace, Douglas M ^a   Ross, Bruce H ^b   Thomas, Christine K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Human spinal cord injury; Motor unit recruitment; Muscle spasm; Persistent inward current; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONUS; DIVING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONUS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 28044472958     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00649.2005     Document Type: Article

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