Do cutaneous receptors contribute to the changes in the amplitude of the H-reflex during massage?

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 441-447

  Morelli, M ^a   Chapman, C E ^a   Sullivan, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cutaneous mechanoreceptors; H reflex; Massage; Topical anaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASSAGE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN RECEPTOR; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL REFLEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN;

EID: 0032827862     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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