Discharge properties of abductor hallucis before, during, and after an isometric fatigue task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 891-898

  Kelly, Luke A ^a,b   Racinais, Sebastien ^a,b   Cresswell, Andrew G ^b  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abductor hallucis; Fatigue; Intrinsic foot muscle; Motor unit discharge properties; Posture

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR HALLUCIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84881646389     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00944.2012     Document Type: Article

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