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. 1954 Aug 27;125(2):322–335. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1954.sp005161

Motor unit activity in the voluntary contraction of human muscle

Brenda Bigland, O C J Lippold
PMCID: PMC1365823  PMID: 13192822

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