Twitch interpolation: Superimposed twitches decline progressively during a tetanic contraction of human adductor pollicis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1373-1383

  Gandevia, S C ^a   Mcneil, C J ^a,b   Carroll, T J ^c   Taylor, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ULNAR NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE; VOLITION;

EID: 84874443292     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.248989     Document Type: Article

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