Motor unit recruitment and proprioceptive feedback decrease the common drive

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1620-1628

  De Luca, Carlo J ^a   Gonzalez Cueto, Jose A ^d   Bonato, Paolo ^b,c   Adam, Alexander ^a,e  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NeuroMuscular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 64749088431     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90245.2008     Document Type: Article

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