Changes in Reciprocal Inhibition Across the Ankle Joint with Changes in External Load and Pedaling Rate during Bicycling

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3168-3177

  Pyndt, H S ^a   Laursen, M ^a   Nielsen, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0242593720     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00444.2003     Document Type: Article

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