Foot-sole reflex receptive fields for human withdrawal reflexes in symmetrical standing position

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 434-443

  Andersen, Ole K ^a   Sonnenborg, Finn ^a   Matjačić, Zlatko ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Human; Pain intensity; Receptive field; Withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; STANDING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; REFLEX;

EID: 0142025351     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1550-1     Document Type: Article

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