Electrical stimulation site influences the spatial distribution of motor units recruited in tibialis anterior

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2257-2263

  Okuma, Yoshino ^a   Bergquist, Austin J ^a   Hong, Mandy ^a   Chan, K Ming ^a   Collins, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Human; M wave; Motor unit; Recruitment curve; Spatial recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; M WAVE; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 84885835567     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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