Discharge of human muscle spindle afferents innervating ankle dorsiflexors during target isometric contractions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 221-232

  Wilson, Linda R ^a,b   Gandevia, Simon C ^a   Burke, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACCELERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT;

EID: 0030666409     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.221bf.x     Document Type: Article

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