Firing patterns of spontaneously active motor units in spinal cord-injured subjects

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1683-1697

  Zijdewind, Inge ^a   Thomas, Christine K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THENAR;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859237962     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.220103     Document Type: Article

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