A phenomenological model that predicts forces generated when electrical stimulation is superimposed on submaximal volitional contractions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1595-1604

  Perumal, Rámu ^d   Wexler, Anthony S ^a   Kesar, Trisha M ^d   Jancosko, Angela ^b   Laufer, Yocheved ^c   Binder Macleod, Stuart A ^d  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b Magee Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Force summation; Functional electrical stimulation; Rate coding; Recruitment order

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VOLITION;

EID: 77953150240     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01231.2009     Document Type: Article

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