Eccentric exercise does not affect common drive in the biceps brachii

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 759-766

  Beck, Travis W ^a   Kasishke, Paul R ^a   Stock, Matt S ^a   Defreitas, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Common drive; EMG decomposition; Motor control; Motor unit; Muscle damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DRIVE; ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867386056     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23386     Document Type: Article

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