Evaluation of reciprocal inhibition of the soleus H-reflex during tonic plantar flexion in man

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Petersen, Nicolas ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^b   Nielsen, Jens ^b  

^a Div of Neurophysiol Panum I   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

H reflex; Motoneurones; Reciprocal inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; TORQUE;

EID: 0032190946     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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