Effect of head-out water immersion on neuromuscular function of the plantarflexor muscles

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1215-1218

  Pöyhönen, Tapani ^a   Avela, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electromyography; H reflex; Isometric force; Tendon reflex

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAD; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENDON REFLEX; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 0036897366     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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