Characterization of Single Muscle Fiber Discharge During Voluntary Isometric Contraction of the Biceps Brachii Muscle in Man |
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A/D CONVERSION abductor digiti minimi action potential amplitude ACTION POTENTIAL COUNT activity amplitude acceptance window AMPLITUDE SPIKE TRAIN AP amplitude AP AMPLITUDE HISTOGRAM AP count axonal bandpass biceps brachii muscle BICEPS EMG CALIBRATION CONCURRENT TORQUE conduction velocity contractile effort DATA OF FIGURE diameter downramp effort levels Ekstedt elbow joint experimental fiber action potentials firing rate Henneman implant electrode inch input integrated surface EMG INTERSPIKE INTERVAL HISTOGRAM INTERVAL 10 MS/DIV isometric contractions LARGER ACTION POTENTIAL linear mean interspike interval mean interval milliseconds motoneuron muscle fiber action muscle fiber discharge muscle unit neuromuscular units observed order statistic output peak POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE SPIKE presented in Figure range relationship Renshaw Renshaw cell SERIAL AMPLITUDE DIAGRAM SERIAL INTERVAL DIAGRAM Shimazu single fiber single muscle fiber source follower spike amplitude steady-state trial phase tape playback Tmax Tokizane and Shimazu tonic and phasic tonic/phasic TRICEPS EMG unimodal unimodally distributed upramp voluntary motor wire electrode