Posture-related changes in heteronymous recurrent inhibition from quadriceps to ankle muscles in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-361

  Barbeau, H ^a,b   Marchand Pauvert, V ^a   Meunier, S ^a   Nicolas, G ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, E ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humans; Motor control; Posture; Recurrent inhibition; Spinal pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMORAL NERVE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SITTING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0033976033     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900260     Document Type: Article

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