Contributions to muscle force and EMG by combined neural excitation and electrical stimulation

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Crago, Patrick E ^a,b   Makowski, Nathaniel S ^a,b,c   Cole, Natalie M ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center   (United States)

^c Louis Stokes Veterans' Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; force; motor stimulation; motor units; occlusion; voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; FORCE; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; MOTOR UNIT; OCCLUSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PREDICTION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SIMULATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ACTION POTENTIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84907908971     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/5/056022     Document Type: Article

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