The recruitment order of electrically activated motor neurons investigated with a novel collision technique

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-291

  Hennings, Kristian ^a   Kamavuako, Ernest Nlandu ^a   Farina, Dario ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activation order; Collision techniques; Functional electrical stimulation; Motor neurons; Motor unit number estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33845963855     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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