Electromyographic onset latency

1. Startling acoustic sound decreases electromyographic onset latency in humans.

   “EMG onset of all muscles shortened during the startling cue in both age groups”

   Human trialbilateral shoulder flexion or extensionanterior deltoid, posterior deltoid, erector spinae and rectus abdominis115 dB

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