Motor unit pool organization examined via spike-triggered averaging of the surface electromyogram

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1205-1220

  Hu, Xiaogang ^a   Rymer, William Z ^a,b   Suresh, Nina L ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor unit decomposition; Rate modulation; Size principle; Spike triggered averaging; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPIKE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 84883359316     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00301.2012     Document Type: Article

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