Behavior of Individual Human Motor Units

THOMAS CK, JOHANSSON RS, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. EMG changes in human thenar motor units with force potentiation and fatigue. J Neurophysiol. 2006; 95(3):1518-26. [PDF]

THOMAS CK; JOHANSSON RS; BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Incidence of F waves in single human thenar motor units. Muscle Nerve. 2002; 25(1): 77-82 [PDF]

THOMAS C K, JOHANSSON RS, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Pattern of pulses that maximize force output from single human thenar motor units. J Neurophysiol 1999 82: 3188-3195 [PDF]

THOMAS CK, BIGLAND-RICHIE B, JOHANSSON RS. Force-frequency relationships of human thenar motor units. J Neurophysiol 1991 65:1509-1516. [PDF]

THOMAS CK, JOHANSSON RS, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Attempts to physiologically classify human thenar motor units. J Neurophysiol 1991 65:1501-1508. [PDF]

THOMAS CK, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B, WESTLING G, JOHANSSON RS. A comparison of human thenar motor-unit properties studied by intraneural motor-axon stimulation and spike-triggered averaging. J Neurophysiol 1990 64:1347-1351. [PDF]

THOMAS CK, JOHANSSON RS, WESTLING G, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Twitch properties of human thenar motor units measured in response to intraneural motor-axon stimulation. J Neurophysiol 1990 64:1339-1346. [PDF]

WESTLING G, JOHANSSON RS, THOMAS CK, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Measurement of contractile and electrical properties of single human thenar motor units in response to intraneural motor-axon stimulation. J Neurophysiol 1990 64:1331-1338. [PDF]

BIGLAND-RITCHIE BR, DAWSON NJ, JOHANSSON RS, LIPPOLD OC. Reflex origin for the slowing of motoneurone firing rates in fatigue of human voluntary contractions. J Physiol (Lond) 1986 379:451-459.  [PDF]

BELLEMARE F, WOODS JJ, JOHANSSON R, BIGLAND-RITCHIE B. Motor-unit discharge rates in maximal voluntary contractions of three human muscles. J Neurophysiol 1983 50:1380-1392. [PDF]

BIGLAND-RITCHIE B, JOHANSSON R, LIPPOLD OC, SMITH S, WOODS JJ. Changes in motoneurone firing rates during sustained maximal voluntary contractions. J Physiol (Lond) 1983 340:335-346. [PDF]

BIGLAND-RITCHIE B, JOHANSSON R, LIPPOLD OC, WOODS JJ. Contractile speed and EMG changes during fatigue of sustained maximal voluntary contractions. J Neurophysiol 1983 50:313-324.  [PDF]

BIGLAND-RITCHIE B, JOHANSSON R, WOODS JJ. Does a reduction in motor drive necessarily result in force loss during fatigue? In Biochemistry of Exercise, Edited by KNUTTGEN G, VOGEL JA, POORTMANS J. 1983 pp 864-870. Homan Kinetics Publ. Inc., Champaign, IL. [PDF-review]