Human soleus H-reflex excitability is decreased by dynamic head-and-body tilts

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 379-383

  Paquet, Nicole ^a,c   Hui Chan, Christina W Y ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance control; H reflex; Head and body tilt; Human

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROL SYSTEM; EXCITABILITY; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TILTING;

ADULT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, STRETCH; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0032854140     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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