Relationships between voluntary activation and motor unit firing rate during maximal voluntary contractions in young and older adults

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Knight, Christopher A ^a   Kamen, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central drive; Interpolated twitch; Muscle; Recruitment; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 45849153829     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0757-z     Document Type: Article

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