Reassessment of H-reflex recovery curve using the double stimulation procedure

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 352-360

  Kagamihara, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Hayashi, Akito ^a   Okuma, Yasuyuki ^a   Nagaoka, Masanori ^a   Nakajima, Yasoichi ^a   Tanaka, Reisaku ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

H reflex; Mechanical effects; Recovery curve; Spasticity; Test reflex size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPASM; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031950698     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199803)21:3<352::AID-MUS9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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