Velocity recovery cycles of human muscle action potentials and their sensitivity to ischemia

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 616-626

  Z'Graggen, Werner J ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle membrane potential; Muscle velocity recovery cycle; Relative refractory period; Sensitivity to ischemia; Supernormality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65949089402     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21192     Document Type: Article

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