Voluntary activation of the different compartments of the flexor digitorum profundus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3213-3221

  Van Duinen, Hiske ^a   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Taylor, Janet L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM PROFUNDUS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLITION;

EID: 78650881521     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00470.2010     Document Type: Article

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