Multiple features of motor-unit activity influence force fluctuations during isometric contractions.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of Neurophysiology

• Publication date

  2003-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Physics

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  DOI 10.1152/JN.00056.2003PMID 12702706
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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