Reflexes evoked in human erector spinae muscles by tapping during voluntary activity

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 194-200

  Tani, Toshikazu ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Ichimiya, Masahiro ^b   Kimura, Jun ^c  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erector spinae muscle; Long latency response; Segmental reflex; Silent period; Stretch reflex; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0030964217     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(97)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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