Effects of femoral nerve stimulation on the electromyogram and reflex excitability of tibialis anterior and soleus

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1110-1115

  Meunier, Sabine ^a,b   Mogyoros, Ilona ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,c   Burke, David ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Fondation pour la Rech Med ^*

^c Australian Brain Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

heteronymous projections; lower limb; monosynaptic; Renshaw cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENSHAW CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES;

EID: 0029814302     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199609)19:9<1110::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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