F-WAVES AND MOTOR UNIT SIZE
F-WAVES AND MOTOR UNIT SIZE
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DOI:
10.1002/mus.880151013
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发表时间:
1992-10-01
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
WOLF, W
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作者:
DENGLER, R;KOSSEV, A;WOLF, W
M responses and twitch contractions were evoked in single motor units (MUs) of the first dorsal interosseus muscle by intramuscular microstimulation of motor axons. Two-hundred nine MUs were studied in 21 subjects. Thirty-five MUs (17%) showed F waves in addition to M responses. Twitch force was used to provide an indirect measure of MU size; additionally, twitch contraction time was measured. There was no select group of MUs generating F waves with regard to the above contraction parameters. However, four of five MUs with very high twitch forces, above 70 mN, generated F waves. We conclude that MUs of all sizes produce F waves with similar probability. Only few MUs with very strong twitch forces, i.e., very large MUs, may be more subject to F-wave production and may be involved in the generation of the so-called repeater F waves.