EMG changes in human thenar motor units with force potentiation and fatigue

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1518-1526

  Thomas, C K ^a   Johansson, R S ^b   Bigland Ritchie, B ^a  

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

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FORCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33645966530     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00924.2005     Document Type: Article

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