Head and body positions affect thermoregulatory tonus in deltoid muscles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1397-1400

  Meigal, Alexander Y ^b   Lupandin, Yuri V ^b   Hanninen, Osmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

electromyography; postural reflexes; thermoregulatory muscle tonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029981779     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1397     Document Type: Article

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