EMG responses to maintain stance during multidirectional surface translations

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1939-1950

  Henry, Sharon M ^a,b   Fung, Joyce ^a   Horak, Fay B ^a  

^a RS Dow Neurological Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0031768483     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1939     Document Type: Article

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