Multielectrode recordings of tibial nerve H-reflexes at various triceps surae muscle sites in the right and left legs

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 277-286

  Burke, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrocnemius muscle; H reflex; Humans; Laterality; Soleus muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0030794166     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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