Recurrent inhibition of soleus α-motoneurons during a sustained submaximal plantar flexion

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-338

  Loscher W N ^a,b   Cresswell, A G ^a   Thorstensson, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LNK Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Fatigue; H reflex; Renshaw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENSHAW CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030222033     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-980X(96)95670-2     Document Type: Article

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