High-frequency submaximal stimulation over muscle evokes centrally generated forces in human upper limb skeletal muscles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-377

  Blouin, Jean Sébastien ^a   Walsh, Lee D ^b   Nickolls, Peter ^b   Gandevia, Simon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexor pollicis longus; Functional electrical stimulation; Motoneurons; Sustained forces

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THUMB; TORQUE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; INNERVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; NEURONS, AFFERENT; THUMB; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 61949427535     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90939.2008     Document Type: Article

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