Influence of proprioceptive feedback on the firing rate and recruitment of motoneurons

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  De Luca, C J ^a,b,c   Kline, J C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRING RATES; FORCE LEVEL; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; MOTOR UNIT; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

EMPLOYMENT; NEURONS;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; FIRING RATE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK; RECRUITMENT THRESHOLD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856990527     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/9/1/016007     Document Type: Article

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