The effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the soleus H reflex during human walking

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 599-610

  Petersen, Nicolas ^a   Christensen, Lars O D ^a   Nielsen, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACILITATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WALKING; EVOKED RESPONSE; GAIT; LATENT INHIBITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032404169     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.599bb.x     Document Type: Article

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