Single motor-unit (SMU) control was compared for three ambulatory cerebral-palsied and three neurologically unimpaired subjects. Both groups were similar in their abilities to produce a discrete whole muscle contraction, to isolate and maintain firing of a single motor unit, and to turn a unit on at a visual signal. Unit inter-spike intervals were very similar for both groups. However, the cerebral-palsied subjects showed a consistent inability to inhibit single motor-unit (or whole muscle) activity if the isolated unit had been firing for some time; normal subjects did not show a similar inability.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Robertson1984
%A Robertson, D. W.
%A Lee, W. A.
%A Jacobs, M.
%D 1984
%J Dev Med Child Neurol
%K Adolescent; Adult; Biofeedback (Psychology); Cerebral Palsy; Electromyography; Humans; Male; Membrane Potentials; Motor Neurons; Muscles
%N 3
%P 323--327
%T Single motor-unit control by normal and cerebral-palsied males.
%V 26
%X Single motor-unit (SMU) control was compared for three ambulatory cerebral-palsied and three neurologically unimpaired subjects. Both groups were similar in their abilities to produce a discrete whole muscle contraction, to isolate and maintain firing of a single motor unit, and to turn a unit on at a visual signal. Unit inter-spike intervals were very similar for both groups. However, the cerebral-palsied subjects showed a consistent inability to inhibit single motor-unit (or whole muscle) activity if the isolated unit had been firing for some time; normal subjects did not show a similar inability.
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abstract = {Single motor-unit (SMU) control was compared for three ambulatory cerebral-palsied and three neurologically unimpaired subjects. Both groups were similar in their abilities to produce a discrete whole muscle contraction, to isolate and maintain firing of a single motor unit, and to turn a unit on at a visual signal. Unit inter-spike intervals were very similar for both groups. However, the cerebral-palsied subjects showed a consistent inability to inhibit single motor-unit (or whole muscle) activity if the isolated unit had been firing for some time; normal subjects did not show a similar inability.},
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author = {Robertson, D. W. and Lee, W. A. and Jacobs, M.},
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journal = {Dev Med Child Neurol},
keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Biofeedback (Psychology); Cerebral Palsy; Electromyography; Humans; Male; Membrane Potentials; Motor Neurons; Muscles},
month = Jun,
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title = {Single motor-unit control by normal and cerebral-palsied males.},
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