Variability of successive contractions subtracted from unfused tetanus of fast and slow motor units

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 741-751

  Raikova, R ^a   Pogrzebna, M ^b   Drzymala H ^b   Celichowski, J ^b   Aladjov, H ^a  

^a CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Modeling; Motor unit; Unfused tetanus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TETANUS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50649087765     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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