Motor unit survival in lifelong runners is muscle dependent

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1235-1242

  Power, Geoffrey A ^a   Dalton, Brian H ^a   Behm, David G ^b   Doherty, Timothy J ^a   Vandervoort, Anthony A ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; emg; master athletes; muscle function; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; TISSUE SURVIVAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862771713     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318249953c     Document Type: Article

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