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Motor Unit Activity in Biceps Brachii Muscle during Voluntary Isovelocity Elbow Flexion Ryuhei OKUNO Kazuya MAEKAWA Jun AKAZAWA Masaki YOSHIDA Kenzo AKAZAWA Publication IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems Vol.E88-D No.6 pp.1265-1272 Publication Date: 2005/06/01 Online ISSN: DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e88-d.6.1265 Print ISSN: 0916-8532 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Biological Engineering Keyword: motor unit, recruitment, firing rate, biceps brachii muscle, Full Text: PDF(660.2KB)>>
Summary: Simultaneous recordings of eight channel surface myoelectric signals (EMGs) of the biceps brachii muscles of seven subjects were measured in isovelocity elbow flexion against constant load torque. The velocity was 10, 15, 20 and 25 degree/s and the load torque was 5-15 % of the torque obtained at the maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). Individual motor units were identified from the eight-channel surface EMG, by tracking the waveform change which originated from the change of relative position of muscle fiber and electrode. In the low-load (5 and 7% MVC) experiment, 36 examples of recruitment and 22 examples of derecruitment were measured. In the middle-load (10 and 15% MVC) experiment, most of the motor units did not show an obvious change in the firing rate with the elbow joint angle. Average of the firing rates of all the motor units measured at the elbow angle of 0 to 120 degree (13.3-14.7 Hz) did not depend on flexion velocity between 10 to 25 degree/s. It was concluded that the firing rates of the activated MUs were almost constant and that some MUs were recruited and derecruited during the isovelocity flexion movements. These are the first findings. | ||||||||||
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