Adjustments differ among low-threshold motor units during intermittent, isometric contractions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 350-359

  Farina, Dario ^a   Holobar, Aleš ^b,c   Gazzoni, Marco ^c   Zazula, Damjan ^b   Merletti, Roberto ^c   Enoka, Roger M ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 58849155149     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90968.2008     Document Type: Article

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