Postural after-contractions in man attributed to muscle spindle thixotropy

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 875-883

  Hagbarth, Karl Erik ^a   Nordin, Magnus ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUSION; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THIXOTROPY; ARM MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE ENDING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032008238     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.875bv.x     Document Type: Article

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