Investigation of motor unit recruitment during stimulated contractions of tibialis anterior muscle

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 580-589

  Mesin, L ^a   Merlo, E ^a,b   Merletti, R ^a   Orizio, C ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; EMG; M wave; Modeling; Motor unit distribution; Motor unit recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 77952958711     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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