Increased motor unit potential shape variability across consecutive motor unit discharges in the tibialis anterior and vastus medialis muscles of healthy older subjects

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2381-2389

  Hourigan, Maddison L ^a   McKinnon, Neal B ^b   Johnson, Marjorie ^a   Rice, Charles L ^a,b   Stashuk, Daniel W ^c   Doherty, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Decomposition based quantitative electromyography (DQEMG); Jiggle; Motor unit potential (MUP); Neuromuscular transmission; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION BASED QUANTITATIVE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; HEALTH STATUS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948718108     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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