Spatial distribution of motor units recruited during electrical stimulation of the quadriceps muscle versus the femoral nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 752-761

  Rodriguez Falces, Javier ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b   Place, Nicolas ^c  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Femoral nerve stimulation; M wave; Motor unit spatial recruitment; Recruitment curve; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

FEMORAL NERVE STIMULATION; M-WAVE; MOTOR UNIT SPATIAL RECRUITMENT; RECRUITMENT CURVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886746453     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23811     Document Type: Article

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