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Recruitment of single human low-threshold motor units with increasing loads at different muscle lengths

McNulty et al., 2004

Document ID
4393797839757437455
Author
McNulty P
Cresswell A
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

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We investigated the recruitment behaviour of low threshold motor units in flexor digitorum superficialis by altering two biomechanical constraints: the load against which the muscle worked and the initial muscle length. The load was increased using isotonic (low load) …
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