Flexor reflexes in chronic spinal cord injury triggered by imposed ankle rotation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 793-803

  Schmit, Brian D ^a,b   Mckenna Cole, Alicia ^a   Rymer, W Zev ^a,b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexor reflex; Group III muscle afferents; Spasms; Spasticity; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFLEX; ROTATION; SPASM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TORQUE;

EID: 0034019165     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200005)23:5<793::AID-MUS18>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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