Adaptations in biceps brachii motor unit activity after repeated bouts of eccentric exercise in elbow flexor muscles

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1225-1235

  Dartnall, Tamara J ^a,b   Nordstrom, Michael A ^a   Semmler, John G ^a  

^a University of South Australia City East Campus   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle damage; Single motor unit; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ELBOW JOINT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955129854     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00854.2010     Document Type: Article

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