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motor units
noun
Plural of motor unit
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I hear the crackle of individual motor units in my hand muscles firing, amplified through hissing speakers.
The more motor units in a muscle, the stronger it generally is.
According to kinesiologist and author Roger Enoka, motor unit recruitment is based on the size principle, which states that the motor units that recruit slow-twitch fibres recruit fewer fibres than the motor units that recruit fast-twitch fibres.
In multiple earlier studies, people over 50 have been found to possess far fewer muscle motor units than young adults.
Motor units have 1 1 correspondence with motor neurons.
Results show that VL motor units reached lower mean firing rates in comparison with VM motor units, regardless of their position within VM (P < .040).040
Both of these methods assume statistical independence of multiple motor units assessed within an individual.
As well as the number of motor units, their territory is also an object of curiosity.
In the generation of any desired movement, the CNS activates motor units in different muscles.
Conclusion: During submaximal fatiguing contractions, additional motor units are activated to maintain strength.
These patients have less number of motor units that can be estimated by conventional electrophysiological methods.
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