ArticlePhysiological reports2018
Muscle phenotype is related to motor unit behavior of the vastus lateralis during maximal isometric contractions.
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- Changes in torque complexity with fatigue are related to motor unit behaviour.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effects of continuous cycling training on motor unit firing rates, input excitation, and myosin heavy chain of the vastus lateralis in sedentary females.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- The reliability of the slopes and y-intercepts of the motor unit firing times and action potential waveforms versus recruitment threshold relationships derived from surface electromyography signal decomposition.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Increases in motor unit action potential amplitudes are related to muscle hypertrophy following eight weeks of high-intensity exercise training in females.European journal of sport science · 2021Article
- Eight weeks of resistance training increases strength, muscle cross-sectional area and motor unit size, but does not alter firing rates in the vastus lateralis.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Article
- The effect of rate of torque development on motor unit recruitment and firing rates during isometric voluntary trapezoidal contractions.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Muscle phenotype is related to motor unit behavior of the vastus lateralis during maximal isometric contractions.Physiological reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Previous investigations have reported a relationship between skeletal muscle phenotype and motor unit (MU) firing parameters during submaximal contractions. The purpose of the current investigation, however, was to examine the relationships between motor unit firing behavior during a maximal voluntary contraction, Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) isoform content, and various molecular neuromuscular targets of the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle in resistance-trained men. Ten resistance-trained males completed a trapezoidal ramp contraction up to 100% of their maximal voluntary isometric strength (MVIC). Surface electromyography was recorded from the VL using a multichannel electrode array and decomposed to examine the firing characteristics of individual MUs. A skeletal muscle biopsy of the VL was also collected from each subject. Regression analyses were performed to identify relationships between type II fiber area and the slopes and/or intercepts of the mean firing rate (FR
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