Motor unit firing rate patterns during voluntary muscle force generation: A simulation study

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  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

discharge rate; motor unit; muscle force; recruitment

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

DISCHARGE RATES; EXCITATION LEVELS; FORCE GENERATION; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FORCE; RECRUITMENT; RECRUITMENT AND FIRINGS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HAND MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897422334     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/2/026015     Document Type: Article

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