Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the H-reflex of muscles of different fibre type composition

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Goulet, C G ^a,b,c   Arsenault, A B ^b,c   Bourbonnais, D ^b,c   Levin, M F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SURAL NERVE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030770615     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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