Posture-related changes of soleus H-reflex excitability

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 925-932

  Goulart, Fátima ^a   Valls Solé, Josep ^a   Alvarez, Ramiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central modulation of spinal reflexes; Cortica stimulation; H reflex; Motoneuronal excitability; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0034044617     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(200006)23:6<925::AID-MUS13>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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