The effect of treadmill gait training on low-frequency depression of the soleus H-reflex: Comparison of a spinal cord injured man to normal subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-188

  Trimble, Mark H ^a   Kukulka, Carl G ^a   Behrman, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homosynaptic depression; Presynaptic inhibition; Reflex modulation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX RECRUITMENT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 0032502588     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00259-6     Document Type: Article

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