Recruitment and rate coding organisation for soleus motor units across entire range of voluntary isometric plantar flexions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4737-4748

  Oya, Tomomichi ^a   Riek, Stephan ^a   Cresswell, Andrew G ^b  

^a Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; ANKLE; FIRING RATE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PLANTAR FLEXION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350393184     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.175695     Document Type: Article

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