Table 1 Motor unit (MU) number, slope, y-intercept and R values for the healthy (HE) and acute paralytic poliomyelitis (PO) participants and repetitive (Rep) contractions (1st, 10th, and 20th) for the mean firing rate (MFR) versus recruitment threshold
From: The effects of poliomyelitis on motor unit behavior during repetitive muscle actions: a case report
Subject | MUs | Rep# | MFR vs recruitment threshold | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slope | Y-intercept | R | |||
1HE | 28 | 1st | -0.452 | 34.697 | 0.925 |
36 | 10th | -0.356 | 31.632 | 0.947 | |
26 | 20th | -0.381 | 30.078 | 0.922 | |
2HE | 41 | 1st | -0.526 | 30.641 | 0.858 |
55 | 10th | -0.323 | 27.535 | 0.874 | |
51 | 20th | -0.523 | 30.283 | 0.914 | |
3HE | 43 | 1st | -0.439 | 34.926 | 0.862 |
50 | 10th | -0.345 | 28.641 | 0.909 | |
53 | 20th | -0.313 | 27.011 | 0.866 | |
1PO | 24 | 1st | -0.418 | 25.642 | 0.798 |
23 | 10th | -0.261 | 23.478 | 0.755 | |
33 | 20th | -0.412 | 25.257 | 0.836 | |