Coupling between mechanical and neural behaviour in the human first dorsal interosseous muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 917-925

  Hudson, Anna L ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a,b   Butler, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; THUMB; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FLEXION TWITCH FORCE; INDEX FINGER; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THUMB DOWN; THUMB UP;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349105929     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.165043     Document Type: Article

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