Firing rates of motor units in human vastus lateralis muscle during fatiguing isometric contractions

A Adam, CJ De Luca - Journal of applied physiology, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
… firing rate of motor units in the vastus lateralis muscle in five … constituent motor unit action
potentials to obtain the motor unit … The firing rate of motor units first decreased within the first 10…

Recruitment order of motor units in human vastus lateralis muscle is maintained during fatiguing contractions

A Adam, CJ De Luca - Journal of neurophysiology, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Motor-unit firing patterns were studied in the vastus lateralis muscle of five … motor units into
two groups: motor units that were active from the first contraction on (n = 26), and motor units

Age‐related neuromuscular changes affecting human vastus lateralis

M Piasecki, A Ireland, D Stashuk… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… The vastus lateralis, a … of motor neurons, enlargement of surviving motor units and instability
of neuromuscular junction transmission. The loss of motor axons and changes to motor unit

Age-related changes in motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle during low-moderate contraction

K Watanabe, A Holobar, M Kouzaki, M Ogawa… - Age, 2016 - Springer
… detailed motor unit firing characteristics for the vastus lateralis … were recorded from the
vastus lateralis muscle using a two-… compensation technique to extract individual motor units. …

Superficial motor units are larger than deeper motor units in human vastus lateralis muscle

CA Knight, G Kamen - Muscle & Nerve: Official Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… of motor units in human muscle, with larger motor units located in more superficial regions
and smaller units located in deeper regions. Clinicians who monitor motor unit activity need to …

Motor unit firing pattern of vastus lateralis muscle in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

K Watanabe, M Gazzoni, A Holobar… - Muscle & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… Introduction: We investigated the motor unit (MU) firing pattern in type 2 diabetes mellitus (…
Multichannel SEMG signals recorded from the vastus lateralis muscle were decomposed with …

Vastus lateralis surface and single motor unit EMG following submaximal shortening and lengthening contractions

TM Altenburg, CJ de Ruiter, PWL Verdijk… - Applied Physiology …, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
… of 42 vastus lateralis motor units recorded in a 2nd session (at 4%–47%MVC). rsEMG and
motor unit … by increasing the discharge rate of the active motor units (rate coding). In contrast, …

Eight weeks of resistance training increases strength, muscle cross-sectional area and motor unit size, but does not alter firing rates in the vastus lateralis

AJ Sterczala, JD Miller, HL Dimmick, ME Wray… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Vastus lateralis surface electromyography signals collected during submaximal isometric
knee … Vastus lateralis cross-sectional area (CSA) was analyzed with ultrasonography. …

Changes in force, surface and motor unit EMG during post-exercise development of low frequency fatigue in vastus lateralis muscle

CJ De Ruiter, MJH Elzinga, PWL Verdijk… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
… However, because the changes in rsEMG of the rectus and vastus muscle (during and post-…
motor unit discharges from the vastus lateralis muscle, only the rsEMG of the vastus lateralis

Lifelong exercise is associated with more homogeneous motor unit potential features across deep and superficial areas of vastus lateralis

EJ Jones, J Piasecki, A Ireland, DW Stashuk… - GeroScience, 2021 - Springer
Motor unit (MU) expansion enables rescue of denervated muscle fibres helping to … on
MU heterogeneity across deep and superficial aspects of vastus lateralis (VL) remain unclear. …