Pulsatile motor output in human finger movements is not dependent on the stretch reflex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 895-908

  Wessberg, J ^a   Vallbo, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION;

EID: 0030055501     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021432     Document Type: Article

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