Non-noxious stimulation of the glenohumeral joint capsule elicits strong inhibition of active shoulder muscles in conscious human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Voigt, M ^a   Jakobsen, J ^b   Sinkjaer, T ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conscious humans; Functional stability; Glenohumeral joint afferents; Inhibition; Non noxious electrical stimulation; Voluntarily activated muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SHOULDER;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0032566551     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00665-X     Document Type: Article

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