Reflex inhibition following electrical stimulation over muscle tendons in man

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1107-1114

  Burne, J A ^a   Lippold, O C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autogenic inhibition; Golgi tendon organ; Man; Tendon reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NERVE; TENDON; TENDON RECEPTOR; TENDON REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0029777514     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.4.1107     Document Type: Article

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