Soleus long-latency stretch reflexes during walking in healthy and spastic humans

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 951-959

  Sinkjær, Thomas ^a   Andersen, Jacob Buus ^a   Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk ^a   Hansen, Hans Jacob ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Hosp Treatm of Multiple Sclerosis   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Motor control; Short and long latency stretch reflexes; Soleus muscle; Spasticity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL REFLEX; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; WALKING;

EID: 0033013944     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00034-6     Document Type: Article

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