Specific modulation of motor unit discharge for a similar change in fascicle length during shortening and lengthening contractions in humans

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 577, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 753-765

  Pasquet, Benjamin ^a   Carpentier, Alain ^a   Duchateau, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; ANKLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FASCICLE LENGTH; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751333477     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.117986     Document Type: Article

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