Intrinsic and reflex contributions to human ankle stiffness: Variation with activation level and position

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 423-436

  Mirbagheri, M M ^a   Barbeau, H ^a   Kearney, R E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle position; Ankle stiffness; Intrinsic stiffness; Stretch reflex; Voluntary contraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POSTURE; REFLEX, STRETCH; TORQUE; VOLITION;

EID: 0033637423     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000534     Document Type: Article

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