Resistance exercise training and the motor unit
TJ Herda - European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2022 - Springer
Resistance exercise training (RET) is a key modality to enhance sports performance, injury
prevention and rehabilitation, and improving overall health via increases in muscular …
prevention and rehabilitation, and improving overall health via increases in muscular …
Antagonist surface electromyogram decomposition and the case of the missing motor units
EMK Haynes, C Kim - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Reece and Herda (J Neurophysiol 125: 2094–2106, 2021) reported that an antagonist
muscle exhibited an organized motor unit (MU) recruitment scheme during isometric elbow …
muscle exhibited an organized motor unit (MU) recruitment scheme during isometric elbow …
Longitudinal development of muscle strength and relationship with motor unit activity and muscle morphological characteristics in youth athletes
M Okudaira, T Hirono, R Takeda, T Nishikawa… - Experimental Brain …, 2023 - Springer
Neural and morphological adaptations determine gains of muscle strength. For youth
athletes, the importance of morphological adaptation is typically highlighted based on the …
athletes, the importance of morphological adaptation is typically highlighted based on the …
Changes in motor unit firing pattern are associated with post‐exercise blood pressure response in older untreated but not treated hypertensive adults
This study aimed to determine the difference in motor unit (MU) firing pattern between
hypertensive and normotensive individuals, and the relationship between MU firing pattern …
hypertensive and normotensive individuals, and the relationship between MU firing pattern …
The reliability of the slopes and y-intercepts of the motor unit firing times and action potential waveforms versus recruitment threshold relationships derived from …
Purpose Changes in motor unit (MU) activity pre-to post-interventions is of high interest.
However, there is minimal information regarding day-to-day changes or the reliability of …
However, there is minimal information regarding day-to-day changes or the reliability of …
An examination of a potential organized motor unit firing rate and recruitment scheme of an antagonist muscle during isometric contractions
The primary purpose of the present study is to determine if an organized control scheme
exists for the antagonist muscle during steady isometric torque. A secondary focus is to …
exists for the antagonist muscle during steady isometric torque. A secondary focus is to …
The influence of normalization technique on between-muscle activation during a back-squat
JA Korak, BD BRUININKS… - International Journal of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Currently, no gold standard electromyography (EMG) normalizing technique exists when
conducting between-muscle comparisons of muscle activity during isotonic resistance …
conducting between-muscle comparisons of muscle activity during isotonic resistance …
Does strict validation criteria for individual motor units alter population-based regression models of the motor unit pool?
JA Hernandez-Sarabia, MJ Luera… - Experimental Brain …, 2020 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to determine if the implementation of a strict validation
procedure, designed to limit the inclusion of inaccuracies from the decomposition of surface …
procedure, designed to limit the inclusion of inaccuracies from the decomposition of surface …
Increases in motor unit action potential amplitudes are related to muscle hypertrophy following eight weeks of high-intensity exercise training in females
We examined the motor unit action potential amplitude versus recruitment threshold
relationship (MUAPAMP-RT) as an indicator of MU-specific hypertrophy following high …
relationship (MUAPAMP-RT) as an indicator of MU-specific hypertrophy following high …
Reduced blood oxygen levels induce changes in low-threshold motor unit firing that align with the individual's tolerance to hypoxia
DJ McKeown, MJ Simmonds… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
This study aimed to quantify how acute hypoxia impacts firing characteristics of biceps
brachii motor units (MUs) during sustained isometric elbow flexions. MU data were extracted …
brachii motor units (MUs) during sustained isometric elbow flexions. MU data were extracted …