Subthreshold electrical stimulation reduces motor unit discharge variability and decreases the force fluctuations of plantar flexion

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-150

  Kouzaki, Motoki ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^a,b   Yoshitake, Yasuhide ^c   Hayashi, Tatsuya ^a   Moritani, Toshio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FITNESS AND SPORTS IN KANOYA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fine wire electrode; Force fluctuations; Noise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT; FORCE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBTHRESHOLD ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIGH; TRUNK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84859000354     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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