The effect of stimulus duration on the latency of submaximal nerve volleys

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1354-1356

  Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Gracies, Jean Michel ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

H reflex; latency; stimulus duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029811875     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199610)19:10<1354::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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