Evidence from proprioception of fusimotor coactivation during voluntary contractions in humans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-398

  Allen, Trevor J ^a   Ansems, Gabrielle E ^a   Proske, Uwe ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; THIXOTROPY;

EID: 39149144774     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.040741     Document Type: Article

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