Cutaneous withdrawal reflexes of the upper extremity

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 591-598

  Floeter, Mary Kay ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Kouri, Joshua ^a   Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneomuscular reflex; Flexor reflex; Human; Interlimb coordination; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADULT; ARM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; FOREARM; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; VOLITION;

EID: 0031899817     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199805)21:5<591::AID-MUS5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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