Motor unit firing behavior during prolonged 50% MVC dorsiflexion contractions in young and older adults
- 31 August 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
- Vol. 19 (4) , 543-552
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.03.005
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