Rotation of motoneurons during prolonged isometric contractions in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1135-1140

  Bawa, Parveen ^a   Pang, Marco Y ^a   Olesen, Kari A ^a   Calancie, Blair ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c IHP 1213 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33748544255     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01063.2005     Document Type: Article

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