Maximal discharge rate of motor units determines the maximal rate of force development during ballistic contractions in human

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Duchateau, Jacques ^a   Baudry, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fast contraction; Motor neuron discharge rate; Rate of force development; Training

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGING; ARTICLE; BALLISTIC CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; TORQUE;

EID: 84899131709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00234     Document Type: Article

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