Enhancement and resetting of locomotor activity by muscle afferents

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 203-215

  Pearson, K G ^a   Misiaszek, J E ^a   Fouad, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFLEX; SENSORY RECEPTOR; STANDING; SYNAPSE; TENDON RECEPTOR; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032445246     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09050.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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