Motor unit recruitment for dynamic tasks: current understanding and future directions

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  2008

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  Journal of Comparative Physiology □ B

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  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1007/s00360-008-0289-1PMID 18597095
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