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adductor pollicis |
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adductor pollicis, a large triangular muscle that is a powerful adductor of the thumb and opposes the thumb to the rest of the digits in gripping. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Duchateau and Hainaut[7] extended these findings to
the human adductor pollicis muscle. In contrast, they were unable to show the
recruitment of more motor units in the adductor pollicis muscle after
that muscle produced about 50% of its maximum force; the remainder of
the force had to be produced by rate coding, that is, by increasing the
frequency with which the already active motor units were driven.
The adductor pollicis muscle was studied by measuring integrated EMG
activity, muscle force, M-wave characteristics, and [sup. |
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