Muscle velocity recovery cycles: Effects of repetitive stimulation on two muscles

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-111

  Boërio, Delphine ^a   Z'graggen, Werner J ^a   Tan, S Veronica ^b,c   Guetg, Andri ^a   Ackermann, Karin ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachioradialis muscle; Muscle fatigue; Muscle membrane potential; Muscle velocity recovery cycle; Tibialis anterior muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE VELOCITY RECOVERY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STIMULATION; REST; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VELOCITY RECOVERY CYCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84862316677     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23267     Document Type: Article

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