Extra forces evoked during electrical stimulation of the muscle or its nerve are generated and modulated by a length-dependent intrinsic property of muscle in humans and cats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5579-5588

  Frigon, Alain ^a   Thompson, Christopher K ^b,c   Johnson, Michael D ^c   Manuel, Marin ^c   Hornby, T George ^b,c,d   Heckman, C J ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TORQUE;

EID: 79955762129     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6641-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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