Age-dependent effects of muscle vibration and the Jendrassik maneuver on the patellar tendon reflex response

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 600-604

  Burke, Jeanmarie R ^a,c   Schutten, Mary C ^a   Koceja, David M ^a   Kamen, Gary ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; SPINAL REFLEX; TENDON REFLEX; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0029951636     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90302-0     Document Type: Article

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