Model-generated decomposition of unfused tetani of motor units evoked by random stimulation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3448-3454

  Celichowski, J ^a   Raikova, R ^b   Drzymala Celichowska H ^a   Ciechanowicz Kowalczyk, I ^a   Krutki, P ^a   Rusev, R ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

^b CENTRE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Model; Motor unit; Stimulation pattern; Tetanus; Twitch contraction

Indexed keywords

MOTORS; SHRINKAGE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; HIGH ACCURACIES; INTERPULSE INTERVALS; MATHEMATICAL DECOMPOSITIONS; MEAN FREQUENCIES; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNITS; MUSCLE FIBERS; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES; STIMULATION PATTERN; TETANUS; TWITCH CONTRACTION; WISTAR RATS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; STIMULUS; TETANY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 56549090636     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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