Biomechanical benefits of the onion-skin motor unit control scheme

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 195-203

  De Luca, Carlo J ^a,b,c,d   Contessa, Paola ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MA 02215   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Firing rate; Force; Motor unit; Onion skin

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE;

AHP; FIRING RATES; FORCE; MOTOR UNIT; ONION SKIN;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; HAND MUSCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT FIRING RATE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAT; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; MECHANICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CATS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920267969     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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