Inhibition of the soleus H-reflex during dorsiflexion is dependent on individual differences in maximal soleus H-reflex as a test reflex

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 403-410

  Funase, K ^a   Imanaka, K ^b   Nishihira, Y ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030124132     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.82.2.403     Document Type: Article

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