Enhancement of neuromuscular dynamics and strength behavior using extremely low magnitude mechanical signals in mice

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-167

  Mettlach, Gabriel ^a   Polo Parada, Luis ^b   Peca, Lauren ^a   Rubin, Clinton T ^d   Plattner, Florian ^a   Bibb, James A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical signals; Muscle strength; Neuromuscular; Quantal content; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL SIGNALS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR; QUANTAL CONTENT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

MAMMALS; MECHANISMS; MUSCLE;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GRIP STRENGTH; LOW INTENSITY VIBRATION; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR DYNAMICS; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

MECHANICAL SIGNALS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR; QUANTAL CONTENT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

EID: 84890857069     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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