Cutaneous reflexes during human gait: Electromyographic and kinematic responses to electrical stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3311-3325

  Zehr, E P ^a   Komiyama, T ^b   Stein, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNERVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0030857914     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3311     Document Type: Article

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