Eccentric muscle damage has variable effects on motor unit recruitment thresholds and discharge patterns in elbow flexor muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 413-423

  Dartnall, Tamara J ^a   Rogasch, Nigel C ^a   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a   Semmler, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649595007     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91285.2008     Document Type: Article

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