Thumb and finger forces produced by motor units in the long flexor of the human thumb

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 583, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1145-1154

  Yu, W S ^a   Kilbreath, S L ^b   Fitzpatrick, R C ^a   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; FINGER; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PROPRIOCEPTION; THUMB; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 34548738303     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.135640     Document Type: Article

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