Influence of contraction strength on single motor unit synchronous activity

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1624-1632

  Schmied, Annie ^a   Descarreaux, Martin ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross correlogram; Motoneurone; Motor unit; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAM; ACTION POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; INNERVATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956176612     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.02.165     Document Type: Article

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