Atlas of the muscle motor points for the lower limb: Implications for electrical stimulation procedures and electrode positioning

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2461-2471

  Botter, Alberto ^a   Oprandi, Gianmosè ^a   Lanfranco, Fabio ^b   Allasia, Stefano ^b   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^c   Minetto, Marco Alessandro ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lower limb; Motor branch; Motor entry point; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOOK; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY, ARTISTIC; ATLASES AS TOPIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053904636     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2093-y     Document Type: Article

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