Effects of voluntary activation level on force exerted by human adductor pollicis muscle during rapid stretches

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 448, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-461

  Onambele, Gladys N L ^a,b   Bruce, Stuart A ^a,c   Woledge, Roger C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation; Eccentric contractions; Muscle

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE;

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 3442902889     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1265-6     Document Type: Article

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