Load type influences motor unit recruitment in biceps brachii during a sustained contraction

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1725-1735

  Baudry, Stéphane ^a   Rudroff, Thorsten ^a   Pierpoint, Lauren A ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349289145     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00382.2009     Document Type: Article

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