Different effect of height on latency of leg and foot short- and medium-latency EMG responses to perturbation of stance in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Nardone, Antonio ^a   Grasso, Margherita ^a   Giordano, Andrea ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

EMG; Height; Human; Postural perturbation; Spindle group II afferents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0029967519     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)12430-7     Document Type: Article

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