Dynamic response of human muscle spindle afferents to stretch during voluntary contraction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 621-628

  Kakuda, Naoyuki ^a   Nagaoka, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION;

EID: 0032403284     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.621bb.x     Document Type: Article

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