The influence of experimental muscle pain on the human soleus stretch reflex during sitting and walking

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2033-2043

  Matre, Dagfinn A ^a,b   Sinkjær, Thomas ^a   Knardahl, Stein ^b   Andersen, Jacob B ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experimental muscle pain; Motor control; Soleus muscle; Stretch reflex; Walking

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYALGIA; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; WALKING;

EID: 0032746957     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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