Muscles within muscles: Coordination of 19 muscle segments within three shoulder muscles during isometric motor tasks

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-73

  Brown, J M M ^a   Wickham, J B ^b   McAndrew, D J ^a   Huang, X F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Functional differentiation; Motor control; Motor unit task group; Muscle segment; Shoulder muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESIOLOGY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SHOULDER GIRDLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33751011036     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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