Muscular fatigue increases signal-dependent noise during isometric force production

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 437, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-157

  Missenard, Olivier ^a   Mottet, Denis ^a   Perrey, Stephane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Force variability; Optimal motor control; Signal dependent noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TORQUE;

EID: 42749092409     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.090     Document Type: Article

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