H reflex excitability following voluntary muscle contraction of different duration

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 381-384

  Manca, M ^a   Cavazzini, L ^a   Cavazza, S ^a   Salvadori, T ^a   DeGrandis, D ^a   Basaglia, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

H reflex; Motoneuron excitability; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; EXERTION; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031753974     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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