Low-frequency oscillations of the neural drive to the muscle are increased with experimental muscle pain

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 958-965

  Farina, Dario ^a   Negro, Francesco ^a,c   Gizzi, Leonardo ^a,b   Falla, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common drive; Common principal component; Interspike interval; Motor unit; Shortterm synchronization

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT SPIKE TRAIN; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855833454     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00304.2011     Document Type: Article

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