Vestibular actions on back and lower limb muscles during postural tasks in man

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 615-624

  Ali, Alima S ^a   Rowen, Katherine A ^a   Iles, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACK MUSCLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MASTOID; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TOE; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; BACK; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0037440194     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.030031     Document Type: Review

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