Reflex 'unloading' and 'defensive capitulation' responses in human neck muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 589-596

  Corna, Stefano ^a,d   Ito, Yatsuji ^b,d   Von Brevern, Michael ^c,d   Bronstein, Adolfo M ^d   Gresty, Michael A ^d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER EAR DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0029806154     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021710     Document Type: Article

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