Spinal reflex organization in early development: Electrophysiological measures and proposed motor pathways

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Myklebust, Barbara M ^a,b   Gottlieb, Gerald L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Reciprocal excitation; Reciprocal inhibition; Reflex irradiation; Spinal reflexes; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL REFLEX;

EID: 0030749505     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:2<175::AID-MRDD9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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