Spike shape analysis of surface electromyographic activity in wrist flexor and extensor muscles of the world's fastest drummer

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 514, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-188

  Fujii, Shinya ^a,b,c   Moritani, Toshio ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drummers; Electromyography; Motor unit; Musicians; Neural adaptation; Spike shape analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE SHAPE ANALYSIS; WRIST; WRIST EXTENSOR MUSCLE; WRIST FLEXOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WRIST; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84861848135     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.089     Document Type: Article

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