Cortical facilitation of cutaneous reflexes in leg muscles during human gait

Brain Research

Volumn 787, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Pijnappels, M ^a,c   Van Wezel, B M H ^a   Colombo, G ^b   Dietz, V ^b   Duysens, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biceps femoris; Cortical facilitation; Cutaneous reflexes; Human gait; Magnetic stimulation; Sural nerve; Tibialis anterior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACILITATION; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SURAL NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETICS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; WALKING;

EID: 0032536754     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01557-6     Document Type: Article

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