Discharge rate during low-force isometric contractions influences motor unit coherence below 15 Hz but not motor unit synchronization

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-295

  Christou, Evangelos A ^a,c   Rudroff, Thorsten ^a   Enoka, Joel A ^a   Meyer, François ^b   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; Cross correlation; First dorsal interosseus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947316882     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0739-5     Document Type: Article

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