Motor unit firing variability and synchronization during short-term light-load training in older adults

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-345

  Griffin, L ^a   Painter, P E ^a   Wadhwa, A ^b   Spirduso, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR POLLICIS MUSCLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FINGER; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT LOAD TRAINING; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT FIRING RATE VARIABILITY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT SYNCHRONIZATION; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THUMB; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THUMB;

EID: 68849126000     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1920-4     Document Type: Article

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