Carlo J. De Luca

Motor Unit Control

Original Reports

De Luca CJ and Kline JC. Influence of proprioceptive feedback on the firing rate and recruitment of motorneurons. Journal of Neural Engineering, 9(1):016007, 2011. PMID: 22183300.
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De Luca CJ and Contessa P. Hierarchical control of motor units in voluntary contraction. Journal of Neurophysiology,107(1): 178-195, 2012. PMID: 21975447. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Hostage EC.  Relationship between firing rate and recruitment threshold of motoneurons in voluntary isometric contractions.  Journal of Neurophysiology, 104: 1034-1046, 2010. PMID: 20554838. (pdf)

Contessa P, Adam A, and De Luca, CJ. Motor unit control and force fluctuation during fatigue. Journal of Applied Physiology, 107:235-243, 2009. PMID: 19390005. (pdf)

De Luca CJ, Gonzalez-Cueto JA, and Adam A. Motor unit recruitment and proprioceptive feedback decrease the common drive. Journal of Neurophysiology, 101:1620-1628, 2009. PMID: 18562556. (pdf)

Sauvage C, Manto M, Adam A, Roark R, Jissendi P, and De Luca CJ. Ordered motor unit firing behavior in acute cerebellar stroke. Journal of Neurophysiology, 96: 2769-2774, 2006. PMID: 16760349. (pdf)

Adam A and De Luca CJ. Firing rates of motor units in human vastus lateralis muscle during fatiguing isometric contractions. Journal of Applied Physiology, 99: 268-280, 2005. PMID: 16036904. (pdf)

Adam A and De Luca CJ. Recruitment order of motor units in human Vastus Lateralis muscle is maintained during fatiguing contractions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 90: 2919-2927, 2003. PMID: 14615422. (pdf)

Westad C, Westgaard FH, and De Luca CJ. Motor unit recruitment and derecruitment induced by brief periods of elevated force in the human trapezius muscle. Journal of Physiology, 552: 645-656, 2003. PMCID:PMC 2343389. (pdf)

Roark R, Li J, Schaefer S, Adam A, and De Luca CJ. Multiple motor unit recordings of laryngeal muscles: the technique of vector laryngeal EMG. The Laryngoscope Journal, 112: 2196-2203, 2002. PMID: 12461341. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Erim Z. Common drive in motor units of a synergistic muscle pair. Journal of Neurophysiology, 87: 2200-2204, 2002. PMID: 11929938. (pdf)

Westgaard RH and De Luca CJ. Motor control of low-threshold motor units in the human trapezius muscle. Journal of Neurophysiology, 85: 1777-1781, 2001. PMID: 11287499. (pdf)

Erim Z, Beg MF, Burke DT, and De Luca CJ. Effects of aging on motor unit control properties. Journal of Neurophysiology, 82: 2081-2091, 1999. PMID: 10561389. (pdf)

Westgaard RH and De Luca CJ. Motor unit substitution in long duration contractions of the human trapezius muscle. Journal of Neurophysiology, 82: 501-504, 1999. PMID: 10400978. (pdf)

Adam A, De Luca CJ, Erim Z. Hand dominance and motor unit firing behavior. Journal of Neurophysiology, 80: 1373-1382, 1998. PMID: 9744946. (pdf)

De Luca CJ, Foley PJ, and Erim Z. Motor unit control properties in voluntary isometric isotonic contractions. Journal of Neurophysiology, 76: 1503-16, 1996. PMID:8890270. (pdf)

Erim Z, De Luca CJ, Mineo K, and Aoki T. Rank-ordered regulation of motor units. Muscle and Nerve, 19: 563-573, 1996. PMID: 8618553. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Erim Z. Common drive of motor units in regulation of muscle force. Trends in Neuroscience, 17: 299-305, 1994. PMID: 7524216. (pdf)

De Luca CJ, Roy AM, and Erim Z. Synchronization of motor unit firings in human muscles. Journal of Neurophysiology, 70: 2010-2023, 1993. PMID: 8294967. (pdf)

Kamen G and De Luca CJ. Firing rate interactions among human orbicularis oris motor units. International Journal of Neuroscience, 64: 167-175, 1992. PMID: 1342036. (pdf)

Kamen G, Greenstein S, and De Luca CJ. Lateral dominance and motor unit firing behavior. Brain Research, 576: 165-167, 1992. PMID: 1515908. (pdf)

Masakado Y, Kamen G, and De Luca CJ. Effect of percutaneous stimulation on motor unit firing rate behavior in man. Experimental Brain Research, 86: 426-432, 1991. (pdf)

Masuda T and De Luca CJ. Recruitment threshold and muscle fiber conduction velocity of single motor units. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 1: 116-123, 1991. PMID: 20870501. (pdf)

Knaflitz M, Merletti R, and De Luca CJ. Inference of motor unit recruitment order in voluntary and electrically elicited contractions. Journal of Applied Physiology, 68: 1657-1667, 1990. PMID: 2347805. (pdf)

Kamen G and De Luca CJ. Unusual motor unit firing behavior in older adults. Brain Research, 482: 136-140, 1989. PMID: 2706472. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Mambrito B. Voluntary control of motor units in human antagonist muscles: reciprocal activation and co-activation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 58: 525-542, 1987. (pdf)

De Luca CJ. Control properties of motor units. Journal of Experimental Biology, 115: 125-136, 1985. PMID: 4031760.(pdf)

Broman H, De Luca CJ, and Mambrito B. Motor unit recruitment and firing rates interaction in the control of human muscles. Brain Research, 337: 311-319, 1985. PMID: 3161581. (pdf)

De Luca CJ, LeFever RS, McCue MP, and Xenakis AP. Control scheme governing concurrently active human motor units during voluntary contractions. Journal of Physiology, 329: 129-142, 1982. PMID: 7143247. (pdf)

De Luca CJ, LeFever RS, McCue MP, and Xenakis AP. Behavior of human motor units in different muscles during linearly-varying contractions. Journal of Physiology, 329: 113-128, 1982. PMID: 7143246. (pdf)

De Luca CJ. Physiology and mathematics of myoelectric signals. IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering, 26: 313-325, 1979. PMID: 468280. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Van Dyk EJ. Derivations of some parameters of myoelectric signals recorded during constant-force isometric contractions. Biophysical Journal, 15: 1167-1180, 1975. PMCID:PMC 1334801. (pdf)

De Luca CJ. A model for a motor unit train recorded during constant force isometric contractions. Biological Cybernetics, 19: 159-167, 1975. PMID: 1174585. (pdf)

De Luca CJ and Forrest WJ. Some properties of motor unit action potential trains recorded during constant force isometric contractions in man. Kybernetik, 12: 160-168, 1973. PMID: 4712973. (pdf)

Conference Papers

Adam A and De Luca CJ. Motor Unit Control In Human Vastus Lateralis Muscle During Fatigue. Proceedings of the 30^th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Springfield, MA: 194-195, April 2004. (pdf)

Book Chapters

13. Kamen G and De Luca CJ. Motor unit firing behavior in the aged. In: Desmedt JE (Ed). Computer-Aided Electromyography and Expert Systems, Elsevier, Holland, 231-238, 1989.

12. De Luca CJ. Control properties of motor units: evolving concepts. In: Desmedt JE (Ed). Computer-Aided Electromyography and Expert Systems, Elsevier, Holland, 103-109, 1989.

7. De Luca CJ and Creigh JL. Do the firing statistics of motor units modify the frequency component of the EMG signal during sustained contractions? In: Biomechanics, Int. Series on Biomechanics, 5A, Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc, 358-362, 1985.

1. De Luca CJ and Forrest WJ. Probability distribution function of the inter-pulse intervals of single motor unit action potentials during isometric contractions. In: Desmedt JE (Ed). New Developments in Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Karger, Basel, 638-647, 1973.