Short- and long-latency reflex responses during different motor tasks in elbow flexor muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-28

  Nakazawa, Kimitaka ^a   Yamamoto, Shin Ichiroh ^a   Yano, Hideo ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elbow; Human; Long latency reflex; Reflex and voluntary control of movement; Shortening and lengthening contractions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELBOW; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX;

EID: 0030798001     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005740     Document Type: Article

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