Reduced short and long latency reflexes during voluntary tracking movement of the human wrist joint

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Bawa, P ^a   Sinkjær, Thomas ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

H reflex; Human wrist; Movement; Short and long latency stretch reflexes; Spindle unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRIST;

ADULT; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, STRETCH; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0033376641     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1999.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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