Mechanical cutaneous stimulation alters Ia presynaptic inhibition in human wrist extensor muscles: A single motor unit study

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 522, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-145

  Aimonetti, Jean Marc ^a   Vedel, Jean Pierre ^a   Schmied, Annie ^a   Pagni, Simone ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR UNIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RADIAL NERVE; SKIN STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WRIST; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS MUSCLE; JOINT MOBILITY; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033972254     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.0137m.x     Document Type: Article

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