Soleus stretch reflex modulation during gait in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1112-1120

  Sinkjær, Thomas ^a   Andersen, Jacob B ^a   Larsen, Birgit ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TREADMILL;

EID: 0029793282     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.1112     Document Type: Article

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