Extraction of individual muscle mechanical action from endpoint force

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3535-3546

  Kutch, Jason J ^a,b,c   Kuo, Arthur D ^a   Rymer, William Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RTH 421 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR INDICIS MUSCLE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIKE WAVE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953517970     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00956.2009     Document Type: Article

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