Proprioceptive control of human wrist extensor motor units during an attention-demanding task

Brain Research

Volumn 1018, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 208-220

  Nafati, Gilel ^a   Rossi Durand, Christiane ^a   Schmied, Annie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fusimotor system; Human spinal reflex; Motor systems and sensorimotor integration; Muscle spindle primary afferent; Reflex function; Single motor unit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; GAMMA MOTONEURON; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; WRIST;

EID: 3342884402     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.05.066     Document Type: Article

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