Velocity recovery cycles of human muscle action potentials: Repeatability and variability

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2294-2299

  Z'Graggen, Werner J ^a   Troller, Rebekka ^a   Ackermann, Karin A ^a   Humm, Andrea M ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early supernormality; Late supernormality; Muscle membrane potential; Muscle velocity recovery cycle; Relative refractory period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY RECOVERY CYCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SARCOLEMMA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053203963     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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