Discharge of biceps brachii motor units is modulated by load compliance and forearm posture

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Rudroff, Thorsten ^a   Jordan, Kimberlee ^a   Enoka, Joel A ^a   Matthews, Stephen D ^a   Baudry, Stéphane ^a   Enoka, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm posture; Force control; Motor unit; Position control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; ELECTRODE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOREARM POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPIKE; SUPINE POSITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951092095     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2116-7     Document Type: Article

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