Effects of whole body vibration on motor unit recruitment and threshold

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 388-395

  Pollock, Ross D ^a   Woledge, Roger C ^a   Martin, Finbarr C ^b   Newham, Di J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fine wire EMG; Monosynaptic; Polysynaptic; Recruitment threshold; Tonic vibration reflex

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPSE; VIBRATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; VIBRATION;

EID: 84856890431     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01223.2010     Document Type: Article

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