Muscle history, fusimotor activity and the human stretch reflex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 513, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 927-934

  Gregory, J E ^a   Wise, A K ^a   Wood, S A ^a   Prochazka, A ^b   Proske, U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE SPINDLE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIXOTROPY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFLEX, STRETCH;

EID: 0032535623     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.927ba.x     Document Type: Article

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