Changes in the excitability of soleus muscle short latency stretch reflexes during human hopping after 4 weeks of hopping training

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 522-532

  Voigt, Michael ^a   Chelli, Fabio ^b   Frigo, Carlo ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

H reflex; Human hopping; Stretch reflex modulation; T reflex; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON; TRAINING; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0031725846     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050455     Document Type: Article

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