Validity of multi-fiber muscle velocity recovery cycles recorded at a single site using submaximal stimuli

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2296-2305

  Bostock, Hugh ^a,b   Tan, S Veronica ^b,c   Boërio, Delphine ^d   Z'Graggen, Werner J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2XLSN; 5XLSN; Direct muscle stimulation; ESN; ISI; LSN; MRRP; Muscle membrane potential; Muscle velocity recovery cycle; RRP; TA; Tibialis anterior muscle; VRC

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE VELOCITY RECOVERY CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866981508     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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