Motor unit recruitment strategies are altered during deep-tissue pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 10820-10826

  Tucker, Kylie ^a   Butler, Jane ^b   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^c   Riek, Stephan ^a   Hodges, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749097578     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5211-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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