Modular organization of human leg withdrawal reflexes elicited by electrical stimulation of the foot sole

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1520-1530

  Andersen, Ole K ^a   Sonnenborg, Finn A ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Flexor reflex; Human; Nociception; Receptive field; Withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOOT SOLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0032706911     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199911)22:11<1520::AID-MUS6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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