Modulation of short latency stretch reflexes during human hopping

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-194

  Voigt, M ^a   Dyhre Poulsen, P ^b   Simonsen, E B ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

H reflex; Human hopping; Medial gastrocnemius; Muscle spindle stretch velocity; Short latency stretch reflex; Soleus; Tendon compliance; Tendon model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; TENDONS;

EID: 0031813234     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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