B. Bigland-Ritchie

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

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B. Bigland-Ritchie is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Bigland-Ritchie has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in B. Bigland-Ritchie's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (20 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (17 papers). B. Bigland-Ritchie is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (44 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (20 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (17 papers). B. Bigland-Ritchie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. B. Bigland-Ritchie's co-authors include J. J. Woods, Roland S. Johansson, O. C. J. Lippold, David A. Jones, F. Bellemare, R. H. T. Edwards, Christine K. Thomas, Vaughan G. Macefield, E. Cafarelli and Andrew J. Fuglevand and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology and Journal of Applied Physiology.

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B. Bigland-Ritchie

52 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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Excitation frequency and muscle fatigue: Mechanical responses during voluntary and stimulated contractions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. Bigland-Ritchie United States	41	5.6k	2.4k	2.2k	1.5k	1.1k	52	7.7k
Alan J. McComas Canada	51	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	549 0.5×	156	8.8k
Jacques Duchateau Belgium	62	6.9k 1.2×	5.5k 2.3×	2.6k 1.1×	898 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	212	12.1k
K E Hagbarth Sweden	50	3.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	968 0.9×	90	11.1k
D.I. McCloskey Australia	45	2.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	4.1k 1.8×	806 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	118	9.1k
David A. Jones United Kingdom	48	3.9k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	633 0.3×	827 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	84	7.5k
P A Merton United Kingdom	28	2.9k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	2.5k 1.1×	917 0.6×	421 0.4×	41	6.1k
Alf Thorstensson Sweden	62	5.0k 0.9×	6.5k 2.7×	1.6k 0.7×	249 0.2×	855 0.8×	155	12.2k
O. C. J. Lippold United Kingdom	31	3.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	332 0.3×	51	5.6k
Jane E. Butler Australia	50	3.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	379 0.3×	578 0.5×	196	7.8k
Machiel J. Zwarts Netherlands	48	2.9k 0.5×	897 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	217 0.2×	166	8.1k

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Thomas, Christine K., Roland S. Johansson, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (2005). EMG Changes in Human Thenar Motor Units With Force Potentiation and Fatigue. Journal of Neurophysiology. 95(3). 1518–1526. 27 indexed citations

Thomas, Christine K., Roland S. Johansson, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (2001). Incidence of F waves in single human thenar motor units. Muscle & Nerve. 25(1). 77–82. 17 indexed citations

Macefield, Vaughan G., Andrew J. Fuglevand, John N. Howell, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (2000). Discharge behaviour of single motor units during maximal voluntary contractions of a human toe extensor. The Journal of Physiology. 528(1). 227–234. 52 indexed citations

Bigland-Ritchie, B., Inge Zijdewind, & C. K. Thomas. (2000). Muscle fatigue induced by stimulation with and without doublets. Muscle & Nerve. 23(9). 1348–1355. 65 indexed citations

Fuglevand, Andrew J., Vaughan G. Macefield, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1999). Force-Frequency and Fatigue Properties of Motor Units in Muscles That Control Digits of the Human Hand. Journal of Neurophysiology. 81(4). 1718–1729. 131 indexed citations

Thomas, Christine K., Roland S. Johansson, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1999). Pattern of Pulses That Maximize Force Output From Single Human Thenar Motor Units. Journal of Neurophysiology. 82(6). 3188–3195. 50 indexed citations

Thomas, Christine K., Mary Evelyn Tucker, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1998). Voluntary Muscle Weakness and Co-Activation After Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 15(2). 149–161. 43 indexed citations

Thomas, Christine K., et al.. (1997). Muscle Weakness, Paralysis, and Atrophy after Human Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. Experimental Neurology. 148(2). 414–423. 127 indexed citations

Bigland-Ritchie, B.. (1995). Looking Back. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 384. 1–9. 4 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B., Charles L. Rice, S. Jayne Garland, & M.L. Walsh. (1995). Task-Dependent Factors in Fatigue of Human Voluntary Contractions. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 384. 361–380. 140 indexed citations

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Rice, Charles L., Nina Køpke Vøllestad, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1992). DISSOCIATION OF FATIGUE-RELATED NEUROMUSCULAR EVENTS. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 24(Supplement). S56–S56. 1 indexed citations

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Rice, Charles L., Timothy R. Vollmer, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1992). Neuromuscular responses of patients with multiple sclerosis. Muscle & Nerve. 15(10). 1123–1132. 154 indexed citations

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Westling, G., Roland S. Johansson, Christine K. Thomas, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1990). Measurement of contractile and electrical properties of single human thenar motor units in response to intraneural motor-axon stimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 64(4). 1331–1338. 76 indexed citations

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Thomas, Christine K., J. J. Woods, & B. Bigland-Ritchie. (1989). Impulse propagation and muscle activation in long maximal voluntary contractions. Journal of Applied Physiology. 67(5). 1835–1842. 84 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B., Roland S. Johansson, O. C. J. Lippold, Scott T. Smith, & J. J. Woods. (1983). Changes in motoneurone firing rates during sustained maximal voluntary contractions.. The Journal of Physiology. 340(1). 335–346. 370 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B., Roland S. Johansson, O. C. J. Lippold, & J. J. Woods. (1983). Contractile speed and EMG changes during fatigue of sustained maximal voluntary contractions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 50(1). 313–324. 441 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B., Carl G. Kukulka, O. C. J. Lippold, & J. J. Woods. (1982). The absence of neuromuscular transmission failure in sustained maximal voluntary contractions.. The Journal of Physiology. 330(1). 265–278. 178 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B.. (1981). EMG/FORCE RELATIONS AND FATIGUE OF HUMAN VOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. 9(1). 75???118–75???118. 263 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B. & O. C. J. Lippold. (1979). Changes in muscle activation during prolonged maximal voluntary contractions [proceedings].. PubMed. 292. 14P–15P. 13 indexed citations

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Bigland-Ritchie, B., et al.. (1973). Proceedings: Oxygen consumption and integrated electrical activity of muscle during positive and negative work.. PubMed. 234(2). 39P–40P. 2 indexed citations

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