Motor unit recruitment patterns 2: The influence of myoelectric intensity and muscle fascicle strain rate

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1893-1902

  Hodson Tole, Emma F ^a,c   Wakeling, James M ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Locomotion; Size principle; Strain rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 47749084659     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014415     Document Type: Article

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