TY - JOUR
T1 - Human motor units studied by spike-triggered averaging and intraneural motor axon stimulation
AU - Thomas, C. K.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - When low-threshold motor units are activated at low rates during sustained, weak voluntary contractions, most unit force profiles exhibit fatigue but some show force potentiation. These data, obtained by spike- triggered averaging, are compared to the fatigue resistance of human motor units activated at twitch and tetanic rates by intraneural motor axon stimulation. With the latter technique, representative sampling of the molar units from one muscle group shows that unit force fatigue or potentiation at submaximal frequencies, and contractile rate changes, dictate the shifts in unit force-frequency relationships. More diverse fatigue protocols, and when possible, careful comparisons of data obtained by both these techniques, are needed to further our understanding of the force and frequency changes of single motor units during voluntary and stimulated exercise.
AB - When low-threshold motor units are activated at low rates during sustained, weak voluntary contractions, most unit force profiles exhibit fatigue but some show force potentiation. These data, obtained by spike- triggered averaging, are compared to the fatigue resistance of human motor units activated at twitch and tetanic rates by intraneural motor axon stimulation. With the latter technique, representative sampling of the molar units from one muscle group shows that unit force fatigue or potentiation at submaximal frequencies, and contractile rate changes, dictate the shifts in unit force-frequency relationships. More diverse fatigue protocols, and when possible, careful comparisons of data obtained by both these techniques, are needed to further our understanding of the force and frequency changes of single motor units during voluntary and stimulated exercise.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_12
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4899-1016-5_12
M3 - Article
C2 - 8585447
AN - SCOPUS:0028862445
VL - 384
SP - 147
EP - 160
JO - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
JF - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SN - 0065-2598
ER -