Motor-unit coherence and its relation with synchrony are influenced by training

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3320-3331

  Semmler, John G ^a   Sale, Martin V ^a   Meyer, François G ^b   Nordstrom, Michael A ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSICIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; TRAINING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 8644277073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00316.2004     Document Type: Article

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