Changes in motor unit behavior following isometric fatigue of the first dorsal interosseous muscle

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3186-3196

  McManus, Lara ^a   Hu, Xiaogang ^b   Rymer, William Z ^b,c   Lowery, Madeleine M ^a   Suresh, Nina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric fatigue; Motor unit action potential; Surface electromyography decomposition

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FORCE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930857630     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00146.2015     Document Type: Article

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