Recruitment order of quadriceps motor units: Femoral nerve vs. direct quadriceps stimulation

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3069-3077

  Rodriguez Falces, Javier ^a   Place, Nicolas ^b  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Direct quadriceps stimulation; Femoral nerve stimulation; M wave latency; Motor unit recruitment order; Time to peak twitch; Transcutaneous electrical stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

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

EID: 84890282308     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2736-2     Document Type: Article

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