Voluntary neuromuscular activation is enhanced when paired with a mechanical stimulus to human plantar soles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-78

  Layne, Charles S ^a   Forth, Katharine E ^a   Baxter, Mary F ^a   Houser, Jeremy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsiflexion; EMG; Muscle atrophy; Neuromuscular activation; Plantarflexion; Planter Stimulation; Reflex; Soleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; ANKLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE;

EID: 0037073530     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01104-7     Document Type: Article

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