Force-EMG changes during sustained contractions of a human upper airway muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Schmitt, Kori ^a   DelloRusso, Christiana ^a   Fregosi, Ralph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NOSE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349164874     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90922.2008     Document Type: Article

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