Co-contraction of antagonistic muscles in man

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-435

  Nielsen, Jens Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERONEUS NERVE; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031659797     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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