Effect of maximal voluntary contraction on the amplitude of the compound muscle action potential: Implications for the interpolated twitch technique

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-503

  Berger, Michael J ^a   Watson, Bradley V ^b   Doherty, Timothy J ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compound muscle action potential; Interpolated twitch technique; Quadriceps muscle weakness; Sensory nerve action potential; Voluntary activation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THENAR; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REST; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957679412     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21692     Document Type: Article

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