Medial gastrocnemius is more activated than lateral gastrocnemius in sural nerve induced reflexes during human gait

Brain Research

Volumn 727, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 230-232

  Duysens, J ^a   Van Wezel, B M H ^a   Prokop, T ^b   Berger, W ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biceps femoris; Exteroceptive reflex; Human gait; Lateral gastrocnemius; Medial gastrocnemius; Reflex gain; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0030586305     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00525-2     Document Type: Article

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