Effect of manual therapy techniques on the stretch reflex in normal human quadriceps

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 326-331

  Newham, Dianne J ^a   Lederman, Eyal ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human muscle; Manual therapy; Motoneuron excitability; Randomized controlled trial; Stretch reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030881760     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289709166546     Document Type: Article

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