Stumbling reactions in man: Influence of corticospinal input

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Electromyography and Motor Control

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-223

  Keck, Martin E ^a   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^b   Schubert, Martin ^c   Colombo, Gery ^a   Curt, Armin ^a   Dietz, Volker ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compensatory reaction; Corticospinal input; Leg flexor muscle; Stance perturbation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary muscle activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031801140     PISSN: 0924980X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-980X(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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